Re: [Veritas-bu] Netbackup Drive

What I have done in the past is "downed" the drives I want to use with tar. You can then use robtest to move tapes in and out of the drives. You have to be careful with your "mt" and "tar" commands so as to not unload the tape. If you unload the tape, you will have to use robtest to move that tape back to a slot and then back into the drive. It's not without problems, but it can be done. I sure wouldn't try and do anything automated this way.

Bryan

Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz AT lucidpixels DOT com>
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03/11/2010 09:03 AM

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Hm, That's a tricky one, you can set it to only use 2 drives for write, but those drives will be 'any two drives' of the four. There may be a setting to make sure the drives don't get used-- I have not had to do that myself. Justin. On Thu, 11 Mar 2010, naymyotun wrote: > > Hi, > Could you please help to find out for me if it is possible for Netbackup > and Tape Library: > > If Master server manages 4 tape drive from the Tape Library, can > we set it in such a way that 2 tape drives will be used for > backups run using Netbackup while another 2 tape drives are used > for the tar command triggered from OS level? Can you also check > if to trigger tar command from OS level, can I use any user > account, besides Administrator & root account to handle it? > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by naymyotun AT gmail DOT com via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to abuse AT backupcentral DOT com. > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu > http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu > _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu

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