Re: [Networker] Legato attempting to mount nonexistent tapes

We run into this from time to time within our environment as well
(Win2K, NW 6.1.3).  We attempt to ensure this does not happen by making
sure that each pool has the appropriate number of blanks assigned to it
so NW doesn't have to think too hard.

However, we're only moving 1/2 a TB for our full backups, in a larger
environment, this would not be prudent.

Just a thought.
 
Carter Fowler
Hardware Service Technician
Technology Services Division
Off: 519.661.5192
Cel: 519.870.4956
Em: cfowler AT london DOT ca

-----Original Message-----
From: Davina Treiber [mailto:treiber AT HOTPOP DOT COM] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 11:55 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 11:51:49 -0400, Dan Freise
<dan AT RIVENDELL.USG.UNT DOT EDU>
wrote:

>Has anyone else seen this:
>
>Legato has tried to mount a volume named "-" for the last couple of
nights,
>and it's caused our backups to hang waiting for it. Today I deleted the
>media index entry which somehow got created for this volume, which was
a
>never-been-labeled tape located in our library. I don't know how this
media
>entry got there, but we had a similar situation last week wherein
Legato
>tried to mount a volume from one library into a drive in another
library,
>also causing backups to hang.
>
>I've run nsrck level 5 and nsrim -X repeatedly trying to straighten
this
>out, but I'm worried that I'm missing the cause and that it'll just
come
>back.
>
>Any info will be greatly appreciated!

You're not missing the cause - it's a bug. I've seen this happen, and it
caused absolute havoc on a busy server - basically wrote off the backups
for the whole night. You've done the right thing to get things working
again, but there's nothing to stop it happening again. Raise a call with
Legato. Out of interest, what version are you running? I saw this with
6.1.1 on Solaris.

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