Anyone here use FAILOVER RESTORE media servers?

Justin.

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Justin Piszcz wrote:

> I have a user-initiated restore in a library with > 20 tape drives.
> More than 15 of them are free, the one it is trying to use for the
> restore is completely utilized (all 4 drives are in use):
>
> 09/14/2007 01:21:11 - begin Restore
> 09/14/2007 01:21:19 - number of images required: 1
> 09/14/2007 01:21:20 - media needed: C00498
> 09/14/2007 01:21:57 - restoring from image the_client_hostname_1189167024
> 09/14/2007 01:21:59 - connecting
> 09/14/2007 01:22:00 - connected; connect time: 0:00:00
> 09/14/2007 01:21:59 - requesting resource C00498
> 09/14/2007 01:22:00 - awaiting resource C00498. Waiting for resources.
>          Reason: Drives are in use, Media server: media_server_2,
>          Robot Type(Number): ACS(0), Media ID: N/A, Drive Name: N/A,
>          Volume Pool: N/A, Storage Unit: N/A, Drive Scan Host: N/A
>
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS is NOT WORKING.
>
> If media_server_2 is busy, it should failover to one of the other media 
> servers with free drives!
>
> media_server_2$ sudo /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -d ds
>
>                                  DRIVE STATUS
>
> Drv Type   Control  User      Label  RecMID  ExtMID  Ready   Wr.Enbl.  ReqId
>  0 hcart3   ACS               Yes   C00202  C00202   Yes     Yes        0
>  1 hcart3   ACS               Yes   C00200  C00200   Yes     Yes        0
>  2 hcart3   ACS               Yes   C02392  C02392   Yes     Yes        0
>  3 hcart3   ACS               Yes   C00197  C00197   Yes     Yes        0
> media_server_2$ logout
>
> media_server_3$ sudo /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -d ds
>
>                                  DRIVE STATUS
>
> Drv Type   Control  User      Label  RecMID  ExtMID  Ready   Wr.Enbl.  ReqId
>  0 hcart3   ACS               Yes   C00697  C00697   Yes     Yes        0
>  1 hcart3   ACS                -                     No       -         0
>  2 hcart3   ACS                -                     No       -         0
>  3 hcart3   ACS                -                     No       -         0
> media_server_3$
>
> My bp.conf file:
>
> # new config
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_1 media_server_2 media_server_3 
> media_server_4 media_server_5 media_server_6 media_server_7 media_server_8
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_2 media_server_3 media_server_4 
> media_server_5 media_server_6 media_server_7 media_server_8 media_server_1
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_3 media_server_4 media_server_5 
> media_server_6 media_server_7 media_server_8 media_server_1 media_server_2
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_4 media_server_5 media_server_6 
> media_server_7 media_server_8 media_server_1 media_server_2 media_server_3
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_5 media_server_6 media_server_7 
> media_server_8 media_server_1 media_server_2 media_server_3 media_server_4
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_6 media_server_7 media_server_8 
> media_server_1 media_server_2 media_server_3 media_server_4 media_server_5
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_7 media_server_8 media_server_1 
> media_server_2 media_server_3 media_server_4 media_server_5 media_server_6
> FAILOVER_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVERS = media_server_8 media_server_1 media_server_2 
> media_server_3 media_server_4 media_server_5 media_server_6 media_server_7
>
> # COMMENT:
>
> I used to use FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER but the problem with that is
> you can only force it to an alternate media server, I want to make the
> most use of the available capacity in the robot, how can I do this if
> failover restore media server does not work?
>
> Justin.
>
>
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