Hello,

I have been given the task of testing Network for another offices DR

Backgroup

Our office uses Backup Exec and this runs with any issues and I have been using 
Backup Exec in it many differnt forms for a long time.

I have now been given 18 LTO3 tapes from our Norway office and told that we 
need to be able to restore from these in the event of them having a DR 
situation. They use Networker (not sure what version)

So I have setup a new server running Windows 2008 R2 which is connected to a 
Dell TL4000 tape library with 2 x LTO3 Fibre Channel drives.

I have installed Networker 7.6 and configured the Library (at least I think I 
have)

I then tried to load (mount) the tape using the GUI but this just spat the tape 
back out to the slot with a error about the volume. At the same time I got an 
email error from the tape library!?!

So off to google I went.

>From what I could find I need to use the scanner command to read the tapes.

scanner -i \\.\tape0

The following is a portion of the output I have got so far (the command is 
still running)

C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin>sjimm [email protected] slot 21 drive 1

C:\Program Files\Legato\nsr\bin>scanner -i \\.\tape0
8909:scanner: using '\\.\tape0' as the device name
8936:scanner: scanning LTO Ultrium-3 tape 000030L3 on \\.\tape0
32350:scanner: adding LTO Ultrium-3 tape 000030L3 to pool Centrica Full Backup
39078:scanner: RAP error: There is no pool named `Centrica Full Backup'.

16600:scanner: create pool manually after scanner; continuing...
39078:scanner: Media DB error: invalid query for client id map database

39078:scanner: Media DB error: client name must be specified

8814:scanner: ssid 729140594: host `updnos400' must be a valid host name
8814:scanner: ssid 779472241: host `updnos400' must be a valid host name
8814:scanner: ssid 813026673: host `updnos400' must be a valid host name
8795:scanner: ssid 443931590: SYNCHRONIZED at 74 GB, 15143 file(s)
8821:scanner: (ssid 443931590) Can't open session for client hrlnws02xp to index
 service on uabzapp03.venture.venture-production.com
39078:scanner: File index error: `hrlnws02xp' is not a registered client

8767:scanner: write failed, Broken pipe
8795:scanner: ssid 326492058: SYNCHRONIZED at 41 GB, 35923 file(s)
8821:scanner: (ssid 326492058) Can't open session for client hrlnws02xp to index
 service on uabzapp03.venture.venture-production.com
39078:scanner: File index error: `hrlnws02xp' is not a registered client

8767:scanner: write failed, Invalid argument
8814:scanner: ssid 729140594: host `updnos400' must be a valid host name
8841:scanner: ssid 729140594: failed to process this saveset.
8795:scanner: ssid 729140594: SYNCHRONIZED at 278 GB, 37 file(s)
8814:scanner: ssid 813026673: host `updnos400' must be a valid host name
8841:scanner: ssid 813026673: failed to process this saveset.
8795:scanner: ssid 813026673: SYNCHRONIZED at 283 GB, 235 file(s)
8814:scanner: ssid 813026673: host `updnos400' must be a valid host name
8814:scanner: ssid 779472241: host `updnos400' must be a valid host name

OK

So from this I can see that I need to create what I am guessing is a media pool 
called `Centrica Full Backup'

So I went to the Media section on the server and created a Media Pool called

Name - Centrica Full Backup

Configuration

Basic Tab settings

Enable - True
Pool Type - Backup
Label template - Default

Selection Criteria Tab settings

Data Source

Clients - I have left blank, I tried to Add one of the clietns that was showing 
in the command prompt out put but I got an error "Client hrlnws02xp not 
configured on this server"

Save Sets - I have left blank

Levels: - I ticked Full

Everything else I left as default.

What I realy could do with is some help with what to do once the scan is 
finished?

I.e. what do I need to do next to be able to restore the data from these tapes 
to a folder on the server?

I have tried to get help from other users in the company that use this software 
but they are not be very helpfull.

Many thanks in advance for your assistance

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