With our storage nodes I have had to create separate ppools. My main backup
server is an HP Unix N classmachine with a blocksize of 256. My storage
nodes are on NT Windows 2000 machines where the blocksize is 128. The pools
separate what tapes are used by the nodes (128) and what are used by the
Unux backup server (256), though the indexes are all allowed to be written
by the Unix server.

-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Farnsworth
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Sent: 10/29/02 8:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Networker] not found in media index

It's not clear whether the Storage Node is able to read the label, but
can't find it in media index, or can it not read the label at all.  Can
you
see from the logs whether it can read the label?  If not, could it be a
block size mismatch between the two servers?  From your server, try:

"nsrjb -ln -f rd=<snhostname>:<sndevname> -S <slot>" (to load a tape
into "remote" device without mounting)
"scanner -v rd=<snhostname>:<sndevname>"

and see if you get intelligible information.  If not, you'll have to
look
into SCSI adapter registry settings on Storage Node, or limit block size
on
server to same as Storage Node (can be done
with "NSR_DEV_BLOCK_SIZE_<devtype>" environment variable - see manual).

HTH
Carl Farnsworth
DigiDyne Inc.

On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 16:07:09 +0800, Robert Loh
<robert AT SOFTSOURCE.COM DOT SG>
wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>My SAN environment as below, all running W2K with NW6.1.1 using DDS
sharing
>a single HP LTO drive.
>Server A : Backup server/Storage Node (Outside DMZ)
>Server B : Storage Node  (Inside DMZ)
>Server A
>        -> Service Ports : 7937-9936
>        -> Connection Ports : 10001-30000
>Server B
>        #nsrports -s virgo
>        -> Service Ports : 7937-8020
>        -> Connectoin Ports : 10001-10600
>
>firewall        = checkpoint 4.1 build 41862
>
>When server A completed the backup on tape1, it will unmount the tape
then
>ServerB will mount the same tape (Tape1) to drive and complaining that
"No
>found in media index" then unmount the tape.
>
>Has increased the Server B load sleep=30
>Has tried to rebuild the C:\nsr\mm directory
>Has tried to mark tape1 as read-only and force serverB to pick up other
>tape, same problem.
>Has tried to open very wide ports range so don't think could be
firewall
>port limits
>
>What go wrong ? Any ideas....
>
>ChEer,
>Robert Loh
>
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