[Veritas-bu] RE: Netbackup w/ Robot WITHOUT Barcode Reader

Hey Jonathan,
        NBU "should" be able to function fine with no barcodes on your tapes 
with several caveats. Any changes to the inventory will probably require that 
NBU be allowed to rescan every tape in the library. If you import any new or 
old tapes, NBU will need to load them into a drive and read them to identify 
what tape it is since there is no other way to identify them. 
        Likewise, any power cycling of the library or the host/SW will require 
a similar rescanning of all the tapes in the library. This is because the SW 
won't know if you have moved things around. 
        Inventory will definitely be the biggest headache you will have. 
Keeping close track of tapes will be paramount to successful backups with this 
unit. 
        I believe you can give NBU a label to put on the tape when you format 
it. If so, you can tell NBU to label the tape with the value of the barcode on 
the tape. This will give you at least a human readable way to tell what tape 
the SW is asking for. It may be possible to manually enter a barcode value for 
a tape into the media database. If this is true, then it may reduce the level 
change when the reader arrives.
        Ideally, the way to manage this until the barcode reader is installed 
is to load enough media into the machine such that you never have to remove or 
add tapes to it. 
        Once the reader is installed, the media in the unit will show up as new 
and/or unformatted. You "should" be able to scan the tapes and bring the 
database up to date that way. 
        I hope thins info helps. 


Mark Pinder : 
Systems Engineer: 
Spectra Logic :  


Message: 2
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 09:11:01 -0500
From: "Martin, Jonathan \(Contractor\)" <JMARTI05 AT intersil DOT com>
To: <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup w/ Robot WITHOUT Barcode Reader

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One of my remote sites just bought a new library with NO BARCODE
READER!!! (DOH!)
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While I try and get this sorted out (new PO for BARCODE READER,) does
anyone have any tips for configuring netbackup with such a device?
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Thanks,
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-Jonathan
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