[Networker] How to clone from storage node to same storage node?

Is there a trick to clone from a storage node to the same storage node?We're running an older release 6.1.1.

I have two storage nodes (snode1, snode2). These are full storage nodes,not dedicated, and each manages one library or jukebox. I have bothlisted under the "Storage nodes" field for the primary server(order=snode1,snode2,nsrserverhost), and I have both listed for the"Clone storage nodes" field (same order). Neither the backup pool northe clone pool have any restrictions, so there are no devices, levels,etc. selected. All devices have a "Save mount timeout" of 10 and "Savelockout" of 1. For both jukeboxes, I have "Max parallelism" set to thenumber of drives in the library, not 1 less, which is the default. Thesestorage nodes function perfectly fine during backups.

snode2 has both the backup volume and an appendable clone volume. Bothvolumes are appendable and are not physically write protected or set toread-only, and they both show up in the inventory.


When I run a clone command from my host as:

nsrclone -s server -b pool -S ssid

It loads the original backup tape on snode2 into the first drive. Itthen requests a clone volume on snode1 and just sits there.After a while, it issues a retry message, but never mounts the clonevolume. Here's what happens from the command line:


Automatically copying save set(s) to other volume(s)

Starting cloning operation ...
  ...from storage node: snode2
NSR server server: retry needed
nsrclone: waiting 30  seconds then retrying

I can clone from snode1 to snode1 but cloning from snode2 to snode2seems to continue to ask for a clone volume on snode1 no matter howlong I wait.

Is it necessary to have both storage nodes defined as clients? If so,does it matter if they're not in any active groups? We have snode1 inthe client list, and it has 'snode1' listed for the "Storage nodes"field and nothing for the "Clone storage nodes" field. We don't havesnode2 listed as a client.


Thanks.

George

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