Tim,
As someone else pointed out it sounds like the tape library has
a limit on the number of tapes that you can see.
You might want to check if the max number of slots was increased
in the library config. I do not know this library but the stk 9710 and L700
had
to have their configs changed when the number of slots was
increased.
Also are you using the sun/stk acsls software for the library.
If so your problem may be with the config of the software.
len
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: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:28 PM
To: Curtis Preston; Ed Wilts
Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] tape limit?
Curtis,
After going over the robtest output in detail, it appears that the
tapes (which are now in stand-alone) are not being seen by robtest. This would
suggest a possible issue with the HW, although it's difficult to know exactly
what at this stage. The confusing thing is when I move tapes around (into
different slots, etc) and re-run the inventory, then the tapes it has problems
reading (and then put into stand-alone) seem to be different each time.
I have been able to move a tape from a slot on the original tape
library base unit to a slot on the expansion unit using robtest.
It appears there is a problem reading some of the barcodes but it's
not the same tapes each time and not the same slots. I hate problems like this
:)
From: Curtis Preston
[mailto:cpreston AT glasshouse DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, 30 January 2008 11:16 AM
To: Wilkinson, Tim; Ed Wilts
Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] tape limit?
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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