Eric, I know what you are talking about and it should not take longer than 
30-60 seconds, I also have 6-7 L700s and do not see that problem.

On Fri, 23 Jun 2006, Johnson, Eric wrote:

> I'm referring to the Netbackup logical inventory update. The physical
> cell audit that happens when you close the silo door takes about 5
> minutes and is perfectly understandable. In this case though, the
> library has already updated it's internal inventory and Netbackup is
> simply requesting it to compare with it's volume database. I timed it
> the other day and it takes 2 minutes. It's not a big problem, but it's
> sort of annoying.
>
> A simple "show contents" takes the same amount of time, as does using
> the vmupdate command-line utility. I thought maybe it was a DNS problem
> since the machine didn't have access to the name servers at the time,
> but that's been resolved now and the delay still exists.
>
> Eric
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Lightner [mailto:jlightner at water.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 23, 2006 8:17 AM
> To: Johnson, Eric; veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] StorEdge L700 slow inventory
>
> The NetBackup inventory compares what NetBackup thinks the robot has to
> what the robot says it has.  This should be relatively quick.  I've used
> the Sun OEMed L700 (StorEdge) in the past with DLT drives and didn't see
> the kind of delay you're talking about.  Here we use the HP OEM and
> don't see it either.
>
> I'm wondering if your confusing the robots "cell audit" with Netbackup's
> inventory operation?   If you power cycle the robot (or open and close
> the front door) it will reinitialize and that can take a few minutes.
> Until that is complete doing a NetBackup inventory operation might be
> delayed.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of Johnson,
> Eric
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:25 PM
> To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] StorEdge L700 slow inventory
>
> We have a Sun StorEdge L700 library with a new install of NetBackup
> 5.1MP5 on Solaris 10. The library and drives (6 LTO2) are hooked up via
> SCSI connections from a Sun E450, with the library being the only device
> on the controller it is attached to. When performing an inventory
> operation from NetBackup, it takes 3-5 minutes. Is this normal for what
> seems like a logical operation, as no physical scan is actually being
> done at this point?
>
> We also have an L25+L100 setup and an inventory of that takes only 3 to
> 4 seconds.
>
> Eric Johnson
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