Hello,
Have you tried a sjirdtag x.x.x to see if your tape was really in the L700,
prior to perform an inventory (nsrjb -I) ?
Have you performed a hardware reset of your L700 (nsrjb -H) ? Is your L700
performing inventory at startup ?
----- "Rachel Polanskis" <r.polanskis AT uws.edu DOT au> a écrit :
> Hi,
> using Legato 7.4.2 on 2 servers.
>
> The first one was an upgrade from 7.2.1, the second is a fresh
> install.
>
> I have noticed that the "Location" field is being unset by the
> system.
>
> Then I have to manually reset it for several volumes, all from the
> same
> approximate dates to the correct location.
>
> Then 2 days later the same thing happens.
>
> I use the Location field to drive our Offsite routines. It is no good
> if this fails.
>
> Furthermore the second system has the same problem PLUS it seems
> to lose tapes completely.
>
> For example, I noted volid 300077 had Location unset. I reset it to
> the correct
> location. It has no other locations, just the L700.
>
> So then I want that particular tape so I delete its index.
>
> Then I go to relabel it - IT'S GONE!
>
> nsrjb and the rest of the system commands do not know anything about
> the
> volume or anything. It doesn't exist at all. Where it once
> occupied a slot,
> it has no appearance in any of the outputs at all.
>
> This is a tape that existed last week
> and appears to no longer exist anywhere in the library. it has not
> been withdrawn
> or manipulated in any way.
>
> The only thing I can think of is that "recycle from/to other pools" is
> enabled
> on this system.
>
> Can anyone confirm they have seen a similar issue as above?
>
> What commands should I run to check that the Location field is not
> being corrupted etc?
>
>
> rachel
>
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> <r.polanskis AT uws.edu DOT au>
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