Networker

Re: [Networker] Unmounting tapes from non-existent tape library

2011-11-01 15:25:08
Subject: Re: [Networker] Unmounting tapes from non-existent tape library
From: Michael Leone <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 15:24:38 -0400
 > On 01/11/11 18:22, Michael Leone wrote:
> > The other week, I had to reboot my NW 7.6.2 server on Windows. And it 
then 
> > decided to change the SCSI ID of my autochanger. So I had to delete 
that 
> > definition, and re-add it with the new ID. That all worked, but it now 

> > appears as if 2 of the tape volumes are still mounted on the old 
> > autochanger (i.e., doing "mminfo -av -q "near,savetime < 1 day" -r 
> > "pool,volume,volaccess(22),location"  shows 2 with location of the old 

> > definition).
> > 
> > How can I unmount these 2 tapes? I don't see the old definition with 
the 
> > old SCSI ID anywhere ...
> > 
> 
> Why did you have to delete and re-add it?

Support told me to ...

>  You could have just changed
> the SCSI address in the NSR jukebox resource. Better still you could
> implement persistent binding on the HBA and prevent this ever happening
> again.

I do have persistent binding enabled (I thought), but I guess I only have 
it for tape drives, and not the autochanger itself ...

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