"Porotikov, Vitaly [IT]" wrote:
>
> Yuriy,
>
> Did you try to kill nsrmm process which is responsible for this tape
> drive?
>
> give a try:
>
> kill -9 `lsof |grep /dev/rmt/<idle devcie>|awk '{print $2}'`
Thanks. My point is there should be no manual intervention in the
process.
I have analyzed the messages (nsradmin->NSR jukebox->messages) and I
found that the problem occurs only when nsrjb request involves volume
labeling (ie. a new/blank tape is requested).
Last night backup did not label any tapes so it went smoothly.
My question is, is it expected behavior when request for labeling is
treated like this ?
It looks like Networker proceeds with it only in case there is an empty
drive by that time.
Otherwise it waits, no matter if the tape that is currently in the drive
is idle and can be unloaded.
>
> It helps for me. (Linux RedHat Legato 6.1.3)
>
> Regards, Vitaly
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Yura Pismerov [mailto:ypismerov AT TUCOWS DOT COM]
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 10:23 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] "Waiting for 1 writable volumes"
>
> Sometimes (not always) after a group start Networker keeps asking
> for a
> tape that could be mounted on second drive that is idle at the moment
> but for some reason it does not eject the tape from another pool that is
> already in the drive.
> So instead of using 2 drives it ends up with one drive. I watch nsrjb
> process that is issued for the second drive and keeps looping/trying.
> Does anybody have an idea what is wrong ? There is not much in the logs
> files that could shed light on the problem.
> The version of Networker is 6.1.3 (running on Solaris 9).
> Interesting thing is, if I kill the queued nsrjb process and issue
> manual tape umount (nsrjb -u), the requested tape gets mounted right
> away next time it retries.
> What do I do to troubleshoot the problem ?
>
> TIA.
>
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