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Hi,
I have a strange problem here, I am not a stranger to Veritas NBU and I have 
looked into this problem (checked all the mailing list archives/google.asked 
anyone who would listen...) and I am getting nowhere fast. All help appreciated.

Situation:
I have a L8 (LTO2 drive) with no barcode reader.
The NetBackup server in question is locally connected to the tape drive - the 
master and media server are on the same server.
We have a requirement for offsite backups.
 
Problem:
When a tape comes back from the offsite store we need to add this tape back 
into the L8 (no problems there) and then reintroduce into NetBackup. We have a 
current work around whereby the tape is deleted and expired using the following 
commands:-
 
bpexpdate -ev [MEDIAID] -d 0
vmdelete -m [MEDIAID]
 
We are then able to re-add that same tape back into NetBackup by telling NBU 
what robot/tape type and slot to use and what MEDIAID and pool to use.
 
vmadd -m {MEDIAID} -mt hcart -rc1 [SLOTNO] -rt tld -p [POOLNO] -d [MEDIAID]

Simply, what we need to do is be able to change the tapes in the L8 and use a 
command to tell NBU to find a MEDIAID (that it has in it's catalog) in slot 
number x in the L8. After much searching we have tried:-
 
vmchange -res -m [mediaID] -mt HCART -rn 0 -rc1 4 -rt tld

The command completes (show no error to stdout or to my bptm logs) but the 
MEDIA ID that I try to load does not ever appear in available_media. Is the 
above command correct? 

What I am aiming for is the command(s) similar to the above so I can 
re-introduce a tape the already exists in the media catalog by telling NBU that 
the tape that has just come back from the offsite store is in slot number x in 
the drive. Much in the same way that can be done via the Java GUI on a system 
that has a barcode reader.
 
I hope that the above makes sense (it did to me sometime ago and now my head 
hurts...)
 
Thanks in advance
Tim


                
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<DIV>Hi,</DIV>
<DIV>I have a strange problem here, I am not a stranger to Veritas NBU&nbsp;and 
I have looked into this problem (checked all the mailing list 
archives/google.asked anyone who would listen...) and I am getting nowhere 
fast. All help appreciated.</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Situation:</DIV>
<DIV>I have a L8 (LTO2 drive) with no barcode reader.</DIV>
<DIV>The NetBackup server in question is locally connected to the tape drive - 
the master and media server are on the same server.</DIV>
<DIV>We have a requirement for offsite backups.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Problem:</DIV>
<DIV>When a tape comes back from the offsite store we need to add this tape 
back into the L8 (no problems there) and then reintroduce into NetBackup. We 
have a current work around whereby the tape is deleted and expired using the 
following commands:-</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>bpexpdate -ev [MEDIAID] -d 0<BR>vmdelete -m [MEDIAID]</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>We are then able to re-add that same tape back into NetBackup by telling 
NBU what robot/tape type and slot to use and what MEDIAID and pool to use.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>vmadd -m {MEDIAID} -mt hcart -rc1 [SLOTNO] -rt tld -p [POOLNO] -d 
[MEDIAID]</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Simply, what we need to do is be able to change the tapes in the L8 
and use a command to tell NBU to find a MEDIAID (that it has in it's catalog) 
in slot number x in the L8. After much searching we have tried:-</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>vmchange -res -m [mediaID] -mt HCART -rn 0 -rc1 4 -rt tld</DIV>
<DIV><BR>The command completes (show no error to stdout or to my bptm logs) but 
the MEDIA ID that I try to load does not ever appear in available_media. Is the 
above command correct? </DIV>
<DIV><BR>What I am aiming for is the command(s) similar to the above so I can 
re-introduce a tape the already exists in the media catalog by telling NBU that 
the tape that has just come back from the offsite store is in slot number x in 
the drive. Much in the same way that can be done via the Java GUI on a system 
that has a barcode reader.</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>I hope that the above makes sense (it did to me sometime ago and now my 
head hurts...)</DIV>
<DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
<DIV>Thanks in advance</DIV>
<DIV>Tim</DIV></DIV><p>
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