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[Veritas-bu] Media ID generation

2004-11-30 14:52:25
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Media ID generation
From: Imran.a.Khan AT uk.fujitsu DOT com (Khan Imran A)
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:52:25 -0000
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Hi, 

 

In a library hosting LTO media the barcodes are 8 characters barcodes e.g.
GF6498L2.  NetBackup reads them as 6498L2. 

 

A technote on the VERITAS site says the following entry in the VM.conf file
can make NetBackup read the first 6 characters rather than the last six.  

 

MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS 0 8 1:2:3:4:5:6

 

The backup server is a cluster I tried putting the entry in the VM.conf file
on the active node under volmgr restarted the services and checked in
NetBackup the media are still being read as node 6498L2. 

 

Any ideas ??

 

Kind Regards,

 

Imran Khan

 


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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Hi, 
</span></font></span></p>

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face=Arial><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=fixedfont1><font size=2 color=black 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>In a library hosting LTO
media the barcodes are 8 characters barcodes e.g. </span></font></span><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'>GF6498L2.&nbsp; NetBackup reads them as 6498L2. </span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>A technote on the VERITAS site says the 
following
entry in the VM.conf file can make NetBackup read the first 6 characters rather
than the last six. &nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=fixedfont1><font size=2 color=black 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=fixedfont1><font size=2 color=black 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS 0
8 1:2:3:4:5:6</span></font></span></p>

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face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font></span></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><span class=fixedfont1><font size=2 color=black 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>The backup server is a
cluster I tried putting the entry in the VM.conf file on the active node under
volmgr restarted the services and checked in NetBackup the media are still
being read as node </span></font></span><font size=2 color=black 
face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>6498L2. 
</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Any ideas ??</span></font></p>

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font-family:Arial'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Kind Regards,</span></font></p>

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12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Imran Khan</span></font></p>

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