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Re: [Networker] best practice for rotating EOL tapes?

2003-01-31 09:34:35
Subject: Re: [Networker] best practice for rotating EOL tapes?
From: Ed Skolnik <eskolnik AT INTERPUBLIC DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 08:33:46 -0600
Actually this now Networker selects the tapes:
Legato Networker uses the following order for selecting with tapes to
write on.
        1.  Any unused (newly labels) tapes that is in the juke box
            2.  Any tape that is appendable in the juke box
            3.  Any tape that is appendable that is NOT in the juke box
                  (The system would then wait on a mount)
           4.   The oldest tape in recycle status, in the juke box or
not.
              (If not in the Juke box the system would wait forever on a
mount)

I would change the tapes you want to save to "full" and Manual to keep
Networker from requesting you to mount them.

Ed Skolnik
The Interpublic Group Of Companies, Inc.
Shared Services  Chicago System Administrator
676 North St. Clair Street
Chicago, Illinois 60611
Phone: 312-425-6554
Fax: 312-425-6924
e-mail: eskolnik AT Interpublic DOT com



-----Original Message-----
From: Lewis, Terry {Info~Palo Alto} [mailto:TERRY.LEWIS AT ROCHE DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: best practice for rotating EOL tapes?


Scott,

1) Yes, until they become recyclable, you can put the tapes back into
    the jukebox and recover data if needed.

2) Except in cases covered by #1 above, NetWorker will not ask for the
    tapes after you remove them as long as they are not appendable.  At
    some point though, you probably want to delete the related volume
    records from the media database to wholly avoid having NetWorker
    list them in 'suggest relabeling' messages.

Terry


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Russell [SMTP:lnxgeek AT US.IBM DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 2:44 PM
> To:   NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject:      [Networker] best practice for rotating EOL tapes?
>
> Greets.
>
> I'm admittedly a newbie with a clue when it comes to running a backup
> server so I would like to solicit some advice on end of life tape
> rotation.
>
> The tapes in my IBM 3600R20 have reached end of life where I don't
> want to continue to trust them with data. We do weekly full backups so

> my plan was to go in this Friday before the full backup starts and
> swap out the existing tapes for new ones.
>
> I want to be sure of two things when I do this?
>
> 1) I can put the tapes back into the jukebox and recover data if
> needed.
>
> 2) Networker will not ask for the tapes after I remove them.
>
> Suggestions?
>
> --
>   Scott Russell (lnxgeek AT us.ibm DOT com)
>   Linux Technology Center, System Admin, RHCE.
>   Dial 877-735-8200 then ask for 919-543-9289 (TTY)
>
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