Which is why I like tpconfig.  It requires a little 
more effort on the part of the Administrator to ensure 
that all of the information is accurate.

Just an old school thing I guess.

David
Quoting Pat Whelan <pwhelan AT veritas DOT com>:

> The problem with the attached statement: "The problem 
is that this script
> mismatches your drive numbers to drive path" is 
incorrect. Vmconf does not
> match up drives and paths, it gives the user a list 
of drives and paths,
> and
> the user is responsible for inputting them in the 
correct order. After
> using
> vmconf or tpconfig it is always good to manually 
check the assignments. I
> suggest using robtest to insert a tape into a drive 
then using the "mt -f
> /dev/rmt/xxx status" command to see which drive has 
the tape. This is the
> best way to insure that the tape drives match the 
paths. While this is time
> consuming it should only have to be done once, unless 
more drives are
> added.
>
> Patrick Whelan
> Consulting
> [NBU (with extensions) and Storage Migrator for UNIX]
> [VxFS and Volume Manager]
> pwhelan AT veritas DOT com
>
> Of course this is just my opinion, I could be wrong. -
 Dennis Miller
> Friends help friends move, good friends help move 
bodies - Unknown.
>
>
>               -----Original Message-----
>               From:   David A. Chapa 
[mailto:david AT datastaff DOT com]
>               Sent:   Friday, July 14, 2000 6:03 AM
>               To:     Everett, Craig
>               Cc:     'veritas-
bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
>               Subject:        Re: [Veritas-bu] FYI: 
Netbackup 3.2
> Installation problem
>
>               I've always been a fan of 
tpconfig...rarely teach
>               vmconf.  You know what you are getting 
with tpconfig
>               because the control is in your hands.
>
>               David
>
>               Quoting "Everett, Craig" 
<Craig_Everett AT intuit DOT com>:
>
>               > FYI:
>               > I just found out that using the 
vmconf script to
>               automatically install a
>               > robot during an initial Netbackup 
installation is at
>               best 50% successful on
>               > average. The script identifies 
robotic controllers
>               and drives and then adds
>               > them to your database for use with 
Netbackup. The
>               problem is that this
>               > script mismatches your drive numbers 
to drive paths
>               so that when you go to
>               > mount a tape for backup the drive 
automatically downs
>               itself. The robot
>               > will
>               > mount a tape in drive3 and it will 
actually be in
>               drive4.
>               >
>               > Solution: Don't use vmconf to 
automatically
>               install/configure a robot. It
>               > doesn't work properly. Support says 
it's supposed to
>               be fixed in 3.4 but
>               > I'm
>               > not holding my breath.
>               >
>               > Thanks,
>               >
>               > Craig Everett
>               > Intuit Inc,
>               > San Diego
>               > 
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