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Before doing the bplabel, did you expire the tape with bpexpdate?
Did you then remove the volume from the Volume Manager DB? -
vmquery -deassignbyid <media_id> <pool#> 0
vmdelete -m <media_id>
Paul Griese
System Management
713-331-6454
-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Matt
Clausen
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:37 PM
To: Veritas Netbackup Mailing List
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Weird Tape problem....
I've been having a lot of problems with tapes in my tape library lately.
Several media volumes have been getting frozen for a variety of issues,
so what I was going to do was bplabel them and start from scratch on
these volume sets. However, several of these tapes come up with the
following error:
"The requested tape was found to be unmountable on multiple drives"
This behavior follows my removing the media from all media pools and
from Netbackup as a whole (or so I thought). Then I would reinventory
the library so these tapes end up in my scratch pool and not in their
original volume pool. However this error message would stick around, and
the media server never even tries to mount the tapes. I've tried bplabel
and even tpreq so I can use mt commands to try and erase and retension
the tape. In each case I get this error message, which is quite
fustrating. My next step is/was going to be using the library itself to
mount the tape in the drive and run the mt command to bypass having
media manager deal with the tapes at all.
Anyone have any insight or suggestions on how to deal with these tapes?
I really cant believe that the media is bad, I've only had these tapes
maybe 4 months and only a handful of them have been used.
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Matthew R. Clausen mclausen AT csit.fsu DOT edu
Computational Science & Information Technology
Florida State University voice=850-644-0193
400 Dirac Science Center Library pager=TBD
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4120 fax=850-644-0098
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Before doing the bplabel, did you expire the tape =
with bpexpdate?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Did you then remove the volume from the Volume =
Manager DB? -</FONT>
<BR> =20
<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D2>vmquery =
-deassignbyid <media_id> <pool#> 0</FONT>
<BR> <FONT SIZE=3D2>vmdelete =
-m <media_id></FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Paul Griese</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>System Management</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>713-331-6454</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu">mailto:veritas-b=
u-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</A>] On Behalf Of Matt =
Clausen</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 1:37 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: Veritas Netbackup Mailing List</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: [Veritas-bu] Weird Tape problem....</FONT>
</P>
<BR>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I've been having a lot of problems with tapes in my =
tape library lately.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Several media volumes have been getting frozen for a =
variety of issues, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>so what I was going to do was bplabel them and start =
from scratch on </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>these volume sets. However, several of these tapes =
come up with the </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>following error:</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>"The requested tape was found to be unmountable =
on multiple drives"</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>This behavior follows my removing the media from all =
media pools and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>from Netbackup as a whole (or so I thought). Then I =
would reinventory </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the library so these tapes end up in my scratch pool =
and not in their </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>original volume pool. However this error message =
would stick around, and </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the media server never even tries to mount the =
tapes. I've tried bplabel </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>and even tpreq so I can use mt commands to try and =
erase and retension </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>the tape. In each case I get this error message, =
which is quite </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>fustrating. My next step is/was going to be using =
the library itself to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>mount the tape in the drive and run the mt command =
to bypass having </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>media manager deal with the tapes at all.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Anyone have any insight or suggestions on how to deal =
with these tapes? </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>I really cant believe that the media is bad, I've =
only had these tapes </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>maybe 4 months and only a handful of them have been =
used.</FONT>
</P>
<P><FONT =
SIZE=3D2>---------------------------------------------------------------=
---------</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Matthew R. =
Clausen  =
;  =
; =
mclausen AT csit.fsu DOT edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Computational Science & Information =
Technology</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Florida State =
University &n=
bsp; &n=
bsp; voice=3D850-644-0193</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>400 Dirac Science Center =
Library  =
; pager=3DTBD</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Tallahassee, Florida =
32306-4120 &n=
bsp; =
fax=3D850-644-0098</FONT>
<BR><FONT =
SIZE=3D2>---------------------------------------------------------------=
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<P><FONT =
SIZE=3D2>_______________________________________________</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Veritas-bu maillist - =
Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu <A =
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