[Veritas-bu] FYI: Netbackup 3.2 Installation problem
2000-07-14 09:25:08
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[Veritas-bu] FYI: Netbackup 3.2 Installation problem |
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David A. Chapa david AT datastaff DOT com |
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Fri, 14 Jul 2000 08:25:08 -0500 (CDT) |
Which is why I like tpconfig. It requires a little
more effort on the part of the Administrator to enure
that all of the information is accurate.
Just an old school thing I guess.
David
Quoting Pat Whelan <pwhelan AT veritas DOT com>:
> The problem with the attached statement: "The problem
is that this script
> mismatches your drive numbers to drive path" is
incorrect. Vmconf does not
> match up drives and paths, it gives the user a list
of drives and paths,
> and
> the user is responsible for inputting them in the
correct order. After
> using
> vmconf or tpconfig it is always good to manually
check the assignments. I
> suggest using robtest to insert a tape into a drive
then using the "mt -f
> /dev/rmt/xxx status" command to see which drive has
the tape. This is the
> best way to insure that the tape drives match the
paths. While this is time
> consuming it should only have to be done once, unless
more drives are
> added.
>
> Patrick Whelan
> Consulting
> [NBU (with extensions) and Storage Migrator for UNIX]
> [VxFS and Volume Manager]
> pwhelan AT veritas DOT com
>
> Of course this is just my opinion, I could be wrong. -
Dennis Miller
> Friends help friends move, good friends help move
bodies - Unknown.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David A. Chapa
[mailto:david AT datastaff DOT com]
> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 6:03 AM
> To: Everett, Craig
> Cc: 'veritas-
bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] FYI:
Netbackup 3.2
> Installation problem
>
> I've always been a fan of
tpconfig...rarely teach
> vmconf. You know what you are getting
with tpconfig
> because the control is in your hands.
>
> David
>
> Quoting "Everett, Craig"
<Craig_Everett AT intuit DOT com>:
>
> > FYI:
> > I just found out that using the
vmconf script to
> automatically install a
> > robot during an initial Netbackup
installation is at
> best 50% successful on
> > average. The script identifies
robotic controllers
> and drives and then adds
> > them to your database for use with
Netbackup. The
> problem is that this
> > script mismatches your drive numbers
to drive paths
> so that when you go to
> > mount a tape for backup the drive
automatically downs
> itself. The robot
> > will
> > mount a tape in drive3 and it will
actually be in
> drive4.
> >
> > Solution: Don't use vmconf to
automatically
> install/configure a robot. It
> > doesn't work properly. Support says
it's supposed to
> be fixed in 3.4 but
> > I'm
> > not holding my breath.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Craig Everett
> > Intuit Inc,
> > San Diego
> >
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