You can use 'vmoprcmd -activate_host -h media_server_name' to
set media server active for tapes. It takes around a minute after
issuing this command to actually see the drives available.

Stas.

On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Scott Jacobson wrote:

> Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2008 13:09:22 -0700
> From: Scott Jacobson <SJACOBSO AT novell DOT com>
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu, Mike Wigington <redclay30253 AT 
> yahoo DOT com>
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Shared drive problem
> 
> I'm holding at 6.5.1a and can do so because my environment is different, but 
> I had similar issues.  Even after continuous run's of vmdareq the problem 
> persisted. When checking Devices/Media Servers I noticed the Status of  
> "Active for Disk" only, not "Active for Tape and Disk".
>  
> Our work around was to issue an nbemmcmd command;
>  
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/nbemmcmd -updatehost -machinename <media 
> server> -machinestateop set_tape_active -machinetype media -masterserver 
> <master server> -operatingsystem <os>
>  
> -sj
>  
> 
> >>> Mike Wigington <redclay30253 AT yahoo DOT com> 11/13/2008 11:59 AM >>>
> We had the same problem with our environment. AIX Master, AIX Media server 
> and Windows Media server. All running NBU 6.5.2A. We have installed about 5 
> binaries and this problem seems to have been resolved. I would contact 
> Veritas support and get the latest binaries for 6.5.2A. 
>  
> As a work around when starting NetBackup, we would start the master server 
> first and run vmdareq over and over until all of the tape drives show 
> available and not showing a scanning status. Once vmdareq displayed all tape 
> drive available consistantly, we would start the media servers.   
>  
> eebinstaller.1406132.1.rs6000
> eebinstaller.1410910.2.rs6000
> eebinstaller.1429781.1.rs6000
>  
> I believe these 3 are the last one we installed. 
>  
> I hope this helps.
>  
> Mike Wigington
> 
> 
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