Tony,
        I exactly did what you said. But ltid still complains about the dummy 
device.   Is there any document from Veritas abot this procedure ?

Thanx

Dayal

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On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 20:31:30  
 anthony.guzzi wrote:
>Mike,
>
>  Yes, the host functioning as the volume database host (the master server 
>in your case) does not need to have access to tape drives.
>
>   To get what you want, what you need to do is fake the system out and 
>make it think it does have a tape drive. This is done by defining a dummy 
>tape drive on master server.  To create the dummy tape drive, you'll need 
>to use the 'tpconfig' command (not the Java GUI) and you'll need to start 
>it with the '-noverify' option (i.e. tell it not to verify if any tape 
>devices it is given are valid tape devices).  Then set up 'ltid' to also 
>come up in a 'dont verify' mode every time it is started via the script. 
>This is done by editing the 'S77netbackup' startup script and adding a 
>'-noverify' option to the 'ltid' command.  Remember that if you start LTID 
>from the command line, you'll need to specify this options at that time as 
>well.  You may need to define a dummy storage unit to go with the dummy 
>tape drive, but I'm not sure on this point.
>
>   I may be wrong on this next point (but I don't think I am), but I don't 
>believe the volume database host needs to see the robots; it just 
>functions as a database server, relying on the various 'vmd' and 
>supporting routines on the device host(s) to supply it with the 
>information it stores. So once you have the dummy tape device is set up, 
>the master server shouldn't need to contact the ACSLS server.  Any of your 
>media servers with access to the ACSLS server should be able to provide 
>you with the inventory information you need.
>
>Tony Guzzi
>Sr. Solutions Engineer, AssuredRestore team
>Storability, Inc.
>
>www.storabilility.com
>The Leading Provider of Automated Storage Assurance for the Global 
>Enterprise
>
>
>Message: 9
>From: Mike Andres <mike_andres AT cnt DOT com>
>To: "'Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'"
>                  <Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
>Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:44:46 -0600
>Subject: [Veritas-bu] robot inventory on acsls master w/o drives
>
>Hi All, 
>
>   Is it possible to make a master server the volume database host of a 
>9310
>library under acsls control if the master does not have access to any
>drives?  Since acsls actually controls the library and the master can talk
>to it via the net I would think that it can, but w/o ltid starting I can't
>get the acs* processes to start.  Anyone have any ideas/similar configs?
>
>Thanks, 
>-mike
>
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