Networker

Re: [Networker] Converting drive to NDMP service

2003-08-26 10:48:40
Subject: Re: [Networker] Converting drive to NDMP service
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:48:15 -0400
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Davina Treiber wrote:
>
>Hi Stan,
>
>No you don't need to re-run jbconfig, you can change a single device in a
>jukebox from nwadmin. The complication here is that you're probably going
>to be re-defining the same device with different attributes. What you'll
>need to do is to first create a dummy device, perhaps just a file device.
>Amend the jukebox resource to swap the old device with the dummy device.
>Then delete the old device and redefine it as an NDMP device. Then you can
>swap it back over in the jukebox and delete the dummy. Much simpler than re-
>running jbconfig.

Thanks Davina. Can you clarify this idea? You are saying that I need to
create a 13th device? Which device file should I use, a bogus file? Does
this new device entry get added to the jukebox configuration, or what,
then what?

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