Oops meant DD

Need more coffee :)
G

Gary Andresen
Impossible Happens, Plan Ahead
Pacific Northwest Data Inc. 
Tel: 503.701.5185
Fax: 503.692.3910
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Hoke [mailto:thoke AT northpeak DOT org] 
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 1:13 PM
To: Gary Andresen
Cc: 'Jennifer Hooper'; 'K Chapman'; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Problems with Media

tar won't do much since it's not tar data for a media header...

However, you could use 'dd if=/dev/rmt/X of=/tmp/header bs=1024 
count=1; cat /tmp/header'

-Tim

On Jan 25, 2005, at 2:56 PM, Gary Andresen wrote:

> Tar off the first block of the tape, run strings on it. You should see 
> the
> media ID placed on the tape by NBU.
>
> G
>
> Gary Andresen
> Impossible Happens, Plan Ahead
> Pacific Northwest Data Inc.
> Tel: 503.701.5185
> Fax: 503.692.3910
> gary.andresen AT pnwdata DOT com
> www.pnwdata.com
> -----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 Jennifer
> Hooper
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 12:32 PM
> To: 'K Chapman'; Jennifer Hooper; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Problems with Media
>
> As it turns out... I'm working with Veritas to straighten out my media.
> Someone... Prior to me taking over the system in September...  PUT 
> DUPLICATE
> BARCODE LABELS ON THE TAPES!!!  As it turns out, this really screws up 
> your
> volume database, not to mention all of your backups are pretty much
> useless.. That may be contained on those media DI's.  *FEH*  So now 
> I'm in
> the process of pulling all of the dupes out of the library and seeing 
> if we
> can continue on from there.  It won't do a proper volume inventory 
> because
> it keeps stopping on the dupe tapes.
>
> Anyone got a way to see what media ID a tape in a slot *really* is? :P
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jen
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: K Chapman [mailto:tech2187 AT yahoo DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 9:26 AM
> To: Jennifer Hooper; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Problems with Media
>
> did you try bpexpdate -d 0 -ev <media id> by any chance?
> also is the media id suspended or frozen?
>
> --- Jennifer Hooper <jennifer.hooper AT peregrine DOT com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey gang -
>>
>>     I'm having a really weird problem.  I have a whole bunch of active
>> tapes in my library that are Allocated, with 0 images on them, but
>> that the library cannot allocate to backups.  I've tried going in and
>> expiring them and seeing that removes the ID and allows it to be
>> reallocated, but it just tells me that the media ID isn't found in NB
>> media database or MM volume database.  I thought I'd ask the question
>> here before calling Veritas and see if you guys might have an easy
>> answer.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Jennifer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Jennifer Hooper
>> Peregrine Systems, Inc.
>> Sr. Network Engineer
>>
>>
>> mailto:jennifer.hooper AT peregrine DOT com
>> <mailto:jennifer.hooper AT peregrine DOT com>
>>
>>
>
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