Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Tape unmount delay

2003-06-09 10:01:25
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tape unmount delay
From: dritschel62 AT yahoo DOT com (Douglas Ritschel)
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 07:01:25 -0700 (PDT)
If you look at page 259 of the NB Sys Admin Guide, it
says "Applies to user operations, including backups
and restores of database agent clients, such as those
running NetBackup for Oracle".


--- "Steven L. Sesar" <ssesar AT mitre DOT org> wrote:
> Yes, that is what the SA guide says. However, I saw
> the very same errors 
> that you posted, and bumping this parameter up to
> 1800 secs solved my 
> problem.
> 
> --Steve
> 
> Paul Gimpelev wrote:
> 
> >Steve,
> >
> >     Thanks for the response.  According to NBU 4.5
> documentation
> >MEDIA_UNMOUNT_DELAY applies only to user
> operations.  Are you saying NBU docs
> >might be inaccurate :-0 ?  Did you see these error
> messages by any chance(if
> >you have Solaris, of course):
> >
> >
> >Jun  2 00:11:31 nbackps1 tldcd[28671]: [ID 183166
> daemon.error] TLD(0) key =
> >0x5, asc = 0x3a, ascq = 0x0, MEDIUM NOT PRESENT
> >Jun  2 00:11:31 nbackps1 tldcd[28671]: [ID 841094
> daemon.error] TLD(0)
> >Move_medium error: CHECK CONDITION
> >Jun  2 00:11:31 nbackps1 tldd[12811]: [ID 219836
> daemon.error] TLD(0) drive 7
> >(device 6) is being DOWNED, status: Robotic
> dismount failure
> >Jun  2 00:11:31 nbackps1 tldd[12811]: [ID 229259
> daemon.error] Check integrity
> >of the drive, drive path, and media
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >paulg
> >
> >On Jun 2,  9:10pm, Steven L. Sesar wrote:
> >  
> >
> >>Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Tape unmount delay
> >>MEDIA_UNMOUNT_DELAY is exactly what you want to
> tune. I ran into the very
> >>    
> >>
> >same thing. What was happening in my environment
> was that NBU was issuing a
> >SCSI drive unmount command, before the tape was
> finished unwinding. Setting
> >MEDIA_UNMOUNT_DELAY=1800 did the trick. My drives
> no longer are being downed as
> >a result of this condition.
> >  
> >
> >>--Steve
> >>
> >>On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, Paul Gimpelev wrote:
> >>
> >>    
> >>
> >>>Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 17:39:50 -0400
> >>>From: Paul Gimpelev <paulg AT CDCNA DOT COM>
> >>>To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> >>>Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tape unmount delay
> >>>
> >>>   Does anyone know if NBU 4.5 has a tunable "tape
> unmount delay"?  I
> >>>don't mean the MEDIA_UNMOUNT_DELAY that they use
> to determine how long the
> >>>      
> >>>
> >tape
> >  
> >
> >>>stays in the drive post backup/restore.  I am
> running into an issue where
> >>>      
> >>>
> >it is
> >  
> >
> >>>possible that NBU does not wait long enough for a
> DLT IV drive to rewind
> >>>      
> >>>
> >and
> >  
> >
> >>>initiates an attempt for a robotic tape move
> prematurely.  This in turn
> >>>      
> >>>
> >causes
> >  
> >
> >>>the drive to go down.
> >>>
> >>>I would appreciate any information from someone
> who had a similar
> >>>      
> >>>
> >occurence.
> >  
> >
> >>>Thanks,
> >>>
> >>>paulg
> >>>_______________________________________________
> >>>Veritas-bu maillist  - 
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>
>>>http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
> >>>
> >>>      
> >>>
> >>--
> >>========================================
> >>
> >>Steven L. Sesar
> >>Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst
> >>UNIX Applications Services R10A
> >>The MITRE Corporation
> >>202 Burlington Road - MS K101
> >>Bedford, MA 01730
> >>tel: (781) 271-7702
> >>fax: (781) 271-2600
> >>mobile: (617) 893-9635
> >>email: ssesar AT mitre DOT org
> >>
> >>========================================
> >>
> >>
> >>-- End of excerpt from Steven L. Sesar
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >
> >_______________________________________________
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>
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> >  
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> ===================================
> 
>   Steven L. Sesar
>   Senior Operating Systems Programmer/Analyst
>   UNIX Application Services R10A
>   The MITRE Corporation
>   202 Burlington Road - KS101
>   Bedford, MA 01730
>   tel: (781) 271-7702
>   fax: (781) 271-2600
>   mobile: (617) 893-9635
>   email: ssesar AT mitre DOT org
>  
> ===================================
> 
> 

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