Robtest is just a wrapper around tldtest. So
if you’re using robtest, then you’re using tldtest. I would make
sure you can move tapes to/from those extended slots. If you can, then I’d
say it’s definitely not a hardware issue. Robtest/tldtest is a low-level
piece of software that talks directly to the library and has nothing to do
with Symantec licensing, etc.
From: Wilkinson, Tim
[mailto:Tim.Wilkinson AT dsto.defence.gov DOT au]
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008
3:33 PM
To: Curtis
Preston; Ed Wilts
Cc:
VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] tape
limit?
Curtis,
What's the syntax with tldtest and what
does it do? Robtest appears to show all the slots and contents (or no contents
where that is the case) - would that suggest it's not a HW issue?
When we installed the expansion unit, I
put 9 more tapes in to test (we won't need more than that for a while) and
ran an inventory in NBU. It found new tapes but put some in stand-alone, with
55 tapes in the default volume group. At the time, I thought it could be a
barcode read error or something so I moved the stand-alone tapes around and did
another inventory. It then added the stand-alone tapes back into the volume
group but removed some other tapes and put them in standa-lone. The number in
the volume group never hits more than 55. The tapes that get moved into
stand-alone seem to change every time I move tapes around and get a new
inventory.
Cheers,
Tim
From:
veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]
On Behalf Of Curtis Preston
Sent: Friday, 25 January 2008 4:35
PM
To: Wilkinson, Tim; Ed Wilts
Cc:
VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] tape
limit?
I would use robtest/tldtest and manually
talk to the library. That doesn’t have any licenses associated with
it. If tldtest reports 55 slots, that’s your proof.
From:
veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Wilkinson, Tim
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008
9:08 PM
To: Ed Wilts
Cc:
VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] tape
limit?
Ed/Steve - If it turns out it's very
unlikely to be Netbackup then I'll begin to query the HW. The tech seems to
think all the slots were available and the library software could see all the
tapes and I had no reason to question him.
From: Ed Wilts
[mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
Sent: Friday, 25 January 2008 4:00
PM
To: Wilkinson, Tim
Cc:
VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] tape
limit?
Do you have the right
"license" on the SL500? By default, they appear to come with a
100-slot license - at least ours did. We had to purchase a license, and
it was *expensive* to make use of the full 144 slots.
If/when you do purchase this license, you'll be shocked at the installation
instructions compared to the price you paid...
I'm not aware of any slot-based licensing in NetBackup. I think it's TSM
that has it which is why the SL500 is cheaper when it's restricted to 100
slots.
.../Ed
On Jan 24, 2008 10:47 PM, Wilkinson, Tim <Tim.Wilkinson AT dsto.defence.gov DOT au>
wrote:
Netbackup 6, MP4, Windows.
Is there any sort of tape limit on a standard NBU license?
We have this strange issue where we've just had an
expansion unit added to our SL500s tape library giving us
>144 slots available. I'm still trouble-shooting this issue but I can make
the standard volume group to see more than 55 tapes; any tapes in the library
over the 55 mark are moved into the stand-alone volume group. It doesn't seem
to matter which slots I move the tapes to.
I'll run the robot inventory and it will give me 55 tapes in
the normal volume group, and the reset it will stick in the stand-alone group,
so I'll then put the stand-alone tapes into the CAP, re-run the inventory (this
time to empty CAP as well) and it will add the tapes from the CAP but then take
out other tapes and put them in the stand-alone group.
It never makes it above 55 tapes.
Cheers,
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