Scott

Interesting, I wasn't thinking that a frozen media could be a signal of 
a failing drive. I was focusing on the media itself. Good advice. Any 
other thoughts from the group?

Thanks
Jon

Chapman, Scott wrote:

> Jon, I always start by checking the /usr/openv/netbackup/db/media/errors 
> file.  If you grep on the media ID then you can see when the errors 
> happened and what drive they happened on. 
> 
>  From there, I will leave the media frozen if it failed in 2 or 3 
> different drives, but if it had three errors on the same drive then I 
> will usually unfreeze the media and clean the drive.  If the drive 
> continues to show errors then I get it replaced.
> 
>   _____ 
>  
> Scott Chapman
> Enterprise Computing Technical Support
> ICBC - Victoria
> Phone: 250.414.7650  Fax: 250.978.8003  Cel: 250.213.9295
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon D. Benson [mailto:jbenson AT neurome DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 8:28 AM
> To: (veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu)
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Frozen media -- what to do?
> 
> 
> Greetings
> 
> I was wondering if I could get some opinions from the group on what to
> do with media marked frozen my the media manager. I can unfreeze them
> and put them pack into circulation, but something caused them to become
> frozen in the first place. Was it bad media, a failed job, an error in
> the database? What to you check? Perhaps the frozen media should be
> removed from the library? And then what about the images on that tape?
> What do you typically do when you come across media marked frozen? Let's
> see if we can get some best practice ideas from the group.
> 
> Thanks!
> -- 
> Jon D. Benson
> Network Systems Administrator
> Neurome, Inc.
> 
> 
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