[Networker] 7.4.4 and the jukebox "Read Hostname" value

I just got tripped up by this. In 7.4.4 the Read Hostname in thejukebox is supposed to be BLANK!

I have a jukebox that has one storage node with three tape drives, so in7.3.2 days, I set the Read Hostname to that storage node so tapes wouldpreferentially be mounted there for recovers from tape volumes.

Well, we upgraded to 7.4.4 on Monday and yesterday, we had a largerecover that needed a tape volume and four advanced file type devices(AFTDs). The tape mounted on the Read Hostname storage node and thenNetWorker had a hissy fit repeatedly requesting the first AFTD bemounted on this storage node and then cancelling the request.

The solution from EMC (apparently others have already hit this) was toblank the Read Hostname value in the Jukebox definition and set theenvironment variable "FORCE_REC_AFFINITY=yes".

I'm not completely sure that the FORCE_REC_AFFINITY=yes environmentvariable is needed, but I have had enough recycles of the networkerserver this week.


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