Once it got a Default tape mounted, it wrote just a Bootstrap...

It was the server itself !!! 

I have an 'Index' group that I run everyday to backup just the client
indexes after all our other groups are done ... (via scheduled
job:savegroup -O groupname). It had completed all its indexes and only
had the bootstrap to do before the group was complete... Why did it want
to write this bootstrap to the Default pool ??? It's never done that
before !! The group is already assigned to an existing pool, but it did
not want that... 
 I know if I ask EMC, they won't have any kind of meaningful answer for
this, That's what I hate about Networker at times, it sometimes does
things that defy any logical explanation ... Or the effort required to
get a real answer to a question is simply not worth it... 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith.Roy AT fairchildsemi DOT com 
> [mailto:Keith.Roy AT fairchildsemi DOT com] 
> Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 1:40 PM
> To: EMC NetWorker discussion; Goslin, Paul
> Subject: Re: [Networker] How can I determine where a save is 
> coming from ?
> 
> 
> Paul, 
> 
> A quick way to tell who is asking for a default tape is to 
> label a tape and put it into the default pool.  Load the 
> volume into your storage library or drive, and watch via the 
> sessions pane which client starts writing to it. 
> 
> Good luck. 
> 
> Keith
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> "Goslin, Paul" <pgoslin AT CINCOM DOT COM> 
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> 11/06/2008 01:20 PM 
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> [Networker] How can I determine where a save is coming from ?
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> 
> 
> 
> Help...
> Our backup server just started requesting a tape from the 'Default'
> pool, which we don't use...
> I suspect some user has started a backup on a client... How can I tell
> which client the save was started from ??? I also can't seem 
> to mount a
> tape I've labeled for the Default pool, and am unable to modify the
> default pool to add devices... Whets up with that ???
> I need to find out who started this from which client ??? Any Clues ?
> Our server is Win2003 running NW 7.4.2
> 
> Thank You,
> 
> Paul 
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