On Thu, 21 Aug 2003 07:45:35 -0400, O Vanclooster
<o.vanclooster AT HQ.NATO DOT INT> wrote:

>1. I have 2 unix servers (node1 and node 2) each defined as storage nodes
>    ( the 2 drives on the servers are identical)
>    a backup of file1 on node1 is made using the tape device attached to
>node1  on tape TAPE1
>    all tapes of both servers are in the same pool
>
>   the networker server runs on a third independent machine
>
>
>2. now node1 drive dies and remains dead
>
>    i want to restore file1 on node2
>
>    from node 2:
>    whatever i try legato server is requesting to mount TAPE1 on the dead
>tape drive on node 1
>
>    is there a way to tell to legato that i am restoring file1 from node1
>to node2 using node2's tape device.

You don't say whether this is jukebox or standalone devices.

NetWorker thinks it knows where the tape is, so this is where it asks for
it. If you mount the tape on node 2 (or inventory it in a library on node
2) then it will use it from there.

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