Networker

Re: [Networker] Trying to reuse tapes with auto media management into many pools.

2007-08-20 16:17:32
Subject: Re: [Networker] Trying to reuse tapes with auto media management into many pools.
From: Davina Treiber <Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:11:58 +0100
E Gold wrote:

> I have hundreds of old tapes with that are not set to expire for years. I
> want to erase and reuse them in my jukebox.
> 
> I run legato 732 and automedia management enabled.

Auto Media Management is irrelevant in this scenario since these are
already labelled.

N.B. There is no such thing as Legato 732. At this version the product
is called EMC NetWorker 7.3.2. The next version is called EMC NetWorker
7.2 SP3.

> How can I tell legato to erase and reuse these tapes with auto media
> management?

You can't. Auto Media Management does not do this. NetWorker can do this
but not using Auto Media Management.

> I would like to just load in the old tapes and have automedia management
> erase and reuse them into the pools as needed.

Auto Media Management will not do this. NetWorker can do this but not
using Auto Media Management.

> I have tried relabeling them to the default pool, but then my clone pools
> don't have tapes.

Mark them all as recyclable (easy with a simple script), set the pool
they are in to "Recycle to other pools", and set the pools you want to
use them in to "Recycle from other pools". If either of the pools
concerned is the Default pool you won't be able to set this up, but
marking Default tapes as recyclable will allow them to be re-used in the
Default pool anyway.

Warning: If these tapes are clones or have clones, the above action is
very much not what you want. I _think_ that marking one clone recyclable
will mark all clones as recyclable if the tapes were written pre 7.3. I
may be wrong as I do not know exactly how 7.3 translates the media DB
from earlier versions.

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