Just out of curiosity - did you configure the drive as an SSO drive in NBU?  If
you did,  make sure that that the unix path to tape "/dev/rmt/X" corresponds to
a proper "tapeX" device on Windows server.

paulg

On Mar 31,  4:36pm, Steve Mickeler wrote:
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] sharing tape devices between windows and unix
>
> Based on the problem I just experienced, and taking into consideration I'm
> a unix guy, not a windows guy, is there a "proper" way to get the windows
> server, running windows 2003 server, to be able to use 3 of my drives from
> the unix side without it causing havoc on my side ?
>
> The windows server is a Dell Poweredge 1650 with a JNI 6410 PCI HBA
> attached to the SAN. It's running NBU 4.5 FP6 and has an SSO license
> installed.
>
> We've zoned a single drive that only the windows server can see and use.
> It was when I expanded the drives on the zone for the windows server when
> problems on the unix nbu environment occured. It appeared like the windows
> server was trying to communicate/use the shared tape drives even though
> they has not been allocated to any storage unit on the windows nbu config.
>
> I'd like to make this SSO setup work because the single tape device on the
> windows box will cause some problems in the event that both a restore and
> a backup are required at the same time.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Steve Mickeler wrote:
>
> >
> > The introduction of a new windows master server appears to be causing the
> > I/O interruptions.
> >
> > The windows master server was zoned to allow it to see 3 of the 4 drives
> > that have been allocated to the unix master server & unix sso servers.
> >
> > So now I have to figure out why the windows server is trying to
> > communicate with those 3 tape drives.
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Steve Mickeler wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > The I/O errors are also cuasing netbackup to freeze the tape that was in
> > > the drive when the error occured.
> > >
> > > ie:
> > >
> > > 03/31/2004 13:41:46 harbor titan1  FROZE media id 000036, could not
> > > write tape mark to begin new image
> > _______________________________________________
> > Veritas-bu maillist  -  Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
> >
> _______________________________________________
> Veritas-bu maillist  -  Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
>-- End of excerpt from Steve Mickeler