Networker

[Networker] Move tapes offsite & autochanger

2008-10-13 11:37:45
Subject: [Networker] Move tapes offsite & autochanger
From: JGillTech <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 11:35:07 -0400
My clone operation ran for the first time over the weekend.  Now I want to take 
the tape out of my Quantum Scalar 50 library and move offsite.  What is the 
process for taking a tape out of the autochanger and making NetWorker aware of 
the change?  I did the following procedure, but ran into some issues along the 
way: 

1.) Marked the tape full with "nsrjb -o full {barcode} 
2.) Updated the location field with NW Admin Console
3.) Brought tape library offline, and pulled tape
4.) Inserted new volume into library

When I brought my library back online, I noticed the status of the library 
within the Admin console didn't reflect pulling the tape.  So I manually tried 
to inventory that slot.. which didn't pickup the change (very concerning).  So 
I issued a "reset" command to the library, which finally worked.  Then I 
relabeled the new tape.  I went to the volumes tree under media (NW Admin 
Console) and noticed the location field didn't retain the information.  I 
update this information once again.  

What is wrong with this process?  

Furthermore, I tried to use the offsite flag with the command "nsrmm - o 
offsite -v {barcode}"  I didn't notice this actually doing anything to the 
volume... nothing I could query or see for that fact.  What does this do, if 
anything?  Should I use this in my offsite procedure?  

BTW:  I don't have any load/unload ports on my Scalar.

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