Networkers,
I'm having some difficulty configuring networker in using our storage
node. I hope someone might be able to shed some light.
Our configuration:
Server : Tru64 UNIX, networker 6.1.3 at location A
Storage node: Linux, networker 6.1.3 at location B
All networker clients on location A are being backupped on the storage node
at location B, and all networker clients on location B are being backupped
on the server at location A.
I've created 2 groups, each containing the clients of one of the locations.
( Grp_A -> all clients at location A, Grp_B -> all clients at location B )
First, I put the tapes on both the server and the storage node in the
same pool, and allowed all groups to write to that pool. Now I had the
problem that the server was asking for writable tapes, but wouldn't
load a tape in the drive ( while there were enough writable/recyclable
tapes available. ). I was however able to manually relabel or mount a
tape, which would be accepted for writing....
As this is nog an acceptable situation, I decided to create seperate
pools for the server and the storage node. This works with only one
problem: the indexes of the clients at location A are not backupped.
(index save: error, no matching devices; check storage nodes, devices or pools)
I looked in the list archived, and found that the solution was to enter
all clients in the 'clients' field of the pool. As I have about 50 clients
to backup at location A, I'm afraid it's not an acceptable situation either.
Can anyone tell me how to solve the problems mentioned above?
Are we using the storage node functionality incorrect?
Can the first problem be a flaw in 6.1.3 ???
Also, I would like to hear some stories on how people ARE using
storage nodes in a correctly working situation....
Please help.
greetings,
Dennis
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D. Voetelink
UNIX Systems Administrator
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation,
Facilities Department
Petten, Netherlands
email : voetelink AT ecn DOT nl
phone : (+31) 224 564738
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