Sometimes, killing the mmd works.  Easier if it's on a storage node than the 
server, as the ideal answer is to restart the services there and run an eject 
on the jukebox (or similar - helps to force the server to recognise that it's 
lost its mmds).  It's rare that I've been unable to get the mmd out of a locked 
state that way, but has happened on occasion (in which case it's restart of 
services time).
 
HTH,
 
Stuart.

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion on behalf of Stan Horwitz
Sent: Tue 03/07/2007 15:06
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Changing status of a tape device



In NetWorker 7.2.1 on Solaris 9, can anyone think of any tricks to 
change the status of a tape drive from idle to done without rebooting 
the NetWorker server or restarting the NetWorker server software.

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