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Re: [Networker] Cloning Problems - tape ineligible for this opera tion

2003-01-06 11:06:41
Subject: Re: [Networker] Cloning Problems - tape ineligible for this opera tion
From: "Wood, R A (Bob)" <WoodR AT CHEVRONTEXACO DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 10:05:36 -0600
Hey,
        I got that error last week and again this weekend. Server NT4 SP6a
NW 6.1.2 trying to stage from disk (file device) to a clone tape. Each time
it complained about being ineligible it suggested relabelling an expired
tape.

        So, each time it suggested a tape, I deleted that tape until there
were no more expired volumes in the pool. Networker then used one of the
other volumes in the jukebox.

        At the time I put it down to the order in which Networker selects
the next appropriate volume (I've changed my mind on this theory).

        I've got round it by moving the client to a different Networker and
removing the need to save it to disk in the first place.

        Not exactly a fix, I know. But I just thought I'd reply to let you
know you're not alone with this problem.

        One thought did occur to me, as these tapes get recycled pretty
often, they may have exceeded some threshold and become ineligible that way.

Regards
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher T. Beers [mailto:ctbeers AT COE.SYR DOT EDU]
Sent: 06 January 2003 15:36
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Cloning Problems - tape ineligible for this operation


All:

If anyone has seen this problem or knows of a solution I would love to hear
it.  I am using Solstice Backup 5.5.4 build 333 on Solaris 8 and this
weekend I started to have problems with normal cloning.

Background:

Every month we run fulls and then using mminfo I grab a list of the
completed full saveset ID's and output them into a file named SSIDLIST.  I
then pass that to nsrclone -v -b 'GroupName Clone' -S -f $SSIDLIST and the
clones start.

The problem is that this month clones started for a machine prior to the
backup being completed so it cloned only the savesets that were completed
already.  Since things got all backed up, I kill some clone jobs that were
waiting and restarted the Networker server.  I then tried to run clones for
a group X.  Group X uses tapes named X.clone.### and a volume report shows
three tapes append but Networker insists on using tapes that are not in the
jukebox.  The jukebox contains the following tapes for that group

x.clone.005             16G written             appen
x.clone.006             0                       appen
x.clone.019             0                       appen

When the clone job starts it load the read tape in one jukebox but suggests
loading x.clone.018 to write to.  I manually mount a tape from the above
list and get the error "media notice: Volume `x.clone.005' ineligible for
this operation; Need a different volume from pool `x Full Clone'".  The
output of daemon.log is below.  Any help to reconcile this problem would be
appreciated.  Read tape is in /dev/rmt/4cbn and write tape is in
/dev/rmt/1cbn.

/nsr/logs/daemon.log
01/06/03 08:42:24 nsrd: media info: suggest mounting x.clone.018 on
servername.syr.edu for writing  to pool 'Data Full Clone' 01/06/03 08:42:27
nsrd: media waiting event: backup to pool 'X Full Clone' waiting for 1
writable backup tape(s) 01/06/03 08:42:30 nsrd: media waiting event: waiting
for dlt7000 tape x.008
(B0008J) on servername.syr.edu
01/06/03 08:44:38 nsrd: media info: loading volume x.008 into /dev/rmt/4cbn
01/06/03 08:44:55 nsrd: /dev/rmt/4cbn verify label operation in progress
01/06/03 08:46:32 nsrd: /dev/rmt/4cbn mount operation in progress 01/06/03
08:46:46 nsrd: media event cleared: confirmed mount of x.008 on
/dev/rmt/4cbn 01/06/03 08:57:36 nsrd: media critical event: backup to pool
'x Full Clone' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s) 01/06/03 08:58:33 nsrd:
/dev/rmt/1cbn verify label operation in progress 01/06/03 08:58:42 nsrd:
/dev/rmt/1cbn eject operation in progress 01/06/03 08:59:30 nsrd: media
event cleared: 01/06/03 09:00:39 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn verify label operation
in progress 01/06/03 09:00:48 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn eject operation in
progress 01/06/03 09:02:43 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn verify label operation in
progress 01/06/03 09:02:52 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn eject operation in progress
01/06/03 09:04:49 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn verify label operation in progress
01/06/03 09:04:58 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn eject operation in progress 01/06/03
09:06:55 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn verify label operation in progress 01/06/03
09:07:05 nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn eject operation in progress 01/06/03 09:09:37
nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn verify label operation in progress 01/06/03 09:09:46
nsrd: /dev/rmt/1cbn mount operation in progress 01/06/03 09:09:55 nsrd:
media notice: Volume `x.clone.005' ineligible for this operation; Need a
different volume from pool `x Full Clone' 01/06/03 09:09:57 nsrd: media
info: suggest mounting data.clone.018 on servername.syr.edu for writing  to
pool 'x Full Clone' 01/06/03 09:11:36 nsrd: media event cleared: backup to
pool 'x Full Clone' waiting for 1 writable backup tape(s)

Christopher T. Beers - UNIX Systems Engineer
Syracuse University - Computing and Media Services
250 Machinery Hall      Syracuse, NY 13244
(315) 443-4103 Office   (315) 443-1621 Fax

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