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Re: [Networker] mminfo -av volume,avail

2003-01-18 23:02:30
Subject: Re: [Networker] mminfo -av volume,avail
From: Emeka Omo <speedbaron AT HOTMAIL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 23:02:15 -0500
Hi all,

For 6.1.2, you will need LGTpa35636 or upgrade to 6.1.3.

The correct way to allocate and de-allocate tapes for AlphaStor is:

nsrjb -x -j <jukebox> -T <volid>
nsrjb -a -j <jukebox> <volid>   OR
nsrjb -a -j <jukebox> -T <volid> <volid>

I hope this helps.

Thanks,
Emeka

On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 06:15:23 -0600, Wood, R A (Bob)
<WoodR AT CHEVRONTEXACO DOT COM> wrote:

>Colin,
>        I have a similar problem that I'm still observing/documenting. We
>have a simple implementation of AlphaStor, in the one jukebox we have
>several pools with no rotation and one pool with a three location rotation
>(inside jukebox, offsite, onsite waiting use).  When I add volumes, via a
>tape movement job, AlphaStor updates itself correctly but when it does the
>nsrjb -a to add the tapes to the library's inventory the process fails and
>AlphaStor throws a wobbler and adds all the tapes to the library
(including
>those in other locations...)
>        Now, AlphaStor still has tapes marked as being in their correct
>locations when I do a list all volumes. But Networker shows all of the
>volumes in the library. My way out of it, at the moment, is to go through
>the list on AlphaStor and remove the relevant tapes from the library
(using
>the remove option on the GUI). Once this is done things are stable again.
>        Well, investigations are still going on but it looks like there
may
>be a rogue library definition somewhere in AlphaStor. I'll post when I get
>some more info. I haven't opened a support call yet as I think I can find
>out a bit more first. Besides, I know a get out now so it's not
critical...
>
>AlphaStor 2.1.2
>W2K SP3
>
>Networker 6.1.2
>Solaris 8
>
>
>Regards
>Bob
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Colin Madigan [mailto:cmadigan AT DAVIDJONES.COM DOT AU]
>Sent: 07 January 2003 00:11
>To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
>Subject: [Networker] mminfo -av volume,avail
>
>
>Hi,
>
>We have an issue with our Alpha Store/Networker environment. When new
tapes
>are placed in the jukebox they are not becoming available in the Networker
>database. The loaction is correct in Alpha Store and "nsrjb" looks fine,
but
>when you check the database with "mminfo -ar volume,avail" only the tapes
>that were already in the jukebox have the "sm" flag set. We have already
>contacted Legato support, and they sent us some new binaries which was
meant
>to fix this known bug. Obviusly these new binaries did not work. The
>workaround at the moment is to either restart the Networker server or
>manually moount the tapes without the "sm" flag set, both these options
>correctly sets all tapes in the jukebox with the "sm" flag.  My question
is
>has anyone experienced a similar problem and were there any other means of
>correcting this. Thanks.....
>
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