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Re: [Networker] Move tapes offsite & autochanger
2008-10-13 11:55:30
Hi,
Read the nsrjb man page -- specifically the -w and -d flags. I assume
you are likely running NetWorker 7.4 since you just did clones for the
first time.... it has a library management daemon that really hates you
doing manual changes. As you found, you have jump through extraordinary
hoops to make it see reality after performing manual changes.
I am also assuming that your library has one or more I/O slots for
programmatic deposit and withdrawal of tapes.
Frank
On 10/13/08 11:35 AM, JGillTech wrote:
My clone operation ran for the first time over the weekend. Now I want to take the tape out of my Quantum Scalar 50 library and move offsite. What is the process for taking a tape out of the autochanger and making NetWorker aware of the change? I did the following procedure, but ran into some issues along the way:
1.) Marked the tape full with "nsrjb -o full {barcode}
2.) Updated the location field with NW Admin Console
3.) Brought tape library offline, and pulled tape
4.) Inserted new volume into library
When I brought my library back online, I noticed the status of the library within the Admin console didn't reflect pulling the tape. So I manually tried to inventory that slot.. which didn't pickup the change (very concerning). So I issued a "reset" command to the library, which finally worked. Then I relabeled the new tape. I went to the volumes tree under media (NW Admin Console) and noticed the location field didn't retain the information. I update this information once again.
What is wrong with this process?
Furthermore, I tried to use the offsite flag with the command "nsrmm - o offsite -v {barcode}" I didn't notice this actually doing anything to the volume... nothing I could query or see for that fact. What does this do, if anything? Should I use this in my offsite procedure?
BTW: I don't have any load/unload ports on my Scalar.
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