Hi all,

we have one networker server (5.3.3) and one storage node, to each attached
an Exabyte 220 library with 2 tape drives each.
Backup ist configured to write backups to, say, library A and then clone
the save sets to a tape in library B and, vice versa, write the clones of
save sets written to library B, to library A.
For this reason we have configured two clone pools, say pools A and B;
tapes from pool A are located in tape library A, those of pool B in library
B.

What we are experiencing is, that the cloning to pool B is ok, but if we
want to write a clone to pool A, networker suggests "label a new writable
volume for pool A"; the required pool is correct, but the volumes of that
pool in tape library A are ignored.
If we label a tape which is located in tape library B, to pool A, the
cloning succeeds.
It seems as if pool A were restricted to the devices in tape library B, but
it is not - there is no restriction to a specific drive, group, level or
whatever.

What drives me crazy is, that our configuration is totally symmetric, yet
we have this asymmetric behavior!

Any ideas? Database corrupt?
Is there a way checking the database?

Help!

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