Hi all,

I am having problems with some of my media id's not appearing in the "NB media
database". I have attempted bplabeling the tape again, and then assigning it
with vmquery -assignbyid. Alas it seems I am back where I started and I can
see the tape using vmquery, but I cannot see the tape using bpmedialist, and
thus can also not freeze and unfreeze the tape. I also know the backups will
fail on those tapes that I cannot see with the bp commands.

I only have one standalone Veritas Netbackup server with the tape drives
attached to it. Consequently supplying the -h switch to bpmedialist with the
host name doesn't help either.

So I would love to know how I can get this media id added to the NB media
database?


# /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -m MPDY56
============================================================================
media ID:              MPDY56
media type:            DLT cartridge tape 2 (16)
barcode:               --------
description:           Added by NetBackup
volume pool:           MISPD (6)
robot type:            NONE - Not Robotic (0)
volume group:          ---
created:               Mon Oct 31 22:08:37 2005
assigned:              Mon Jan 23 14:26:10 2006
last mounted:          Mon Jan 23 14:33:58 2006
first mount:           Mon Oct 31 22:08:38 2005
expiration date:       ---
number of mounts:      3
max mounts allowed:    ---
status:                0x0
============================================================================

# /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist -ev MPDY56
requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or MM volume
database


Thanks,
Robert