Thierry,
This should work, although there are issues with mixed media when it comes
to restores. This doesn't mean you can't do them, just requires some extra
work. There is a technical bulletin on the Legato web site that explains
mixed media with Legato in more detail.
I would still recommend using AlphaStor, because then you do not have to
worry about issues such as this, or what happens in a restore situation.
Here are the URL's for the bulletins. Whilst the 1st does describe
SmartMedia, it is largely also true for AlphaStor
http://www.legato.com/resources/bulletins/403.html
http://www.legato.com/resources/bulletins/371.html
regards
Shaun Ellis
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Faidherbe, Thierry [mailto:Thierry.Faidherbe AT hp DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 12:21 PM
> To: Legato NetWorker discussion; Shaun Ellis
> Subject: RE: [Networker] Help needed for problem related Mixed Drives
> and Barcodes
>
>
> A good workaround ... without alphastor :
>
> You must work with slot range :
> 1-50 -> DLT
> 51-100 -> SDLT
> 101-> 151 -> LTO
>
> Not fixed inside legato but managed by your tape
> operators.
>
> It can cause problems during inventory, recover or labelling but
> a problem without solution is a badly described problem :
>
> Inventoty your lib or start labelling using nsrjb and
> specify -f <drive> and -S <Slot range> depending of media tyme
> For the recovers, mount manually the tape before launching the
> recover.
>
> that's working fine for me.
>
> HTH,
>
> Thierry
>
> Kind regards - Bien cordialement - Vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Thierry FAIDHERBE
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Shaun Ellis [mailto:sellis AT LEGATO DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 9:06 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Help needed for problem related Mixed Drives
> and Barcodes
>
>
> You must use either AlphaStor or SmartMedia. NetWorker doe
> snot support
> mixed media out of the box.
>
> In AlphaStor you will have to segment the physical library
> into multiple
> virtual libraries within AS.
> SmartMedia will handle this out of the box with one library
> definition.
>
> If you have more questions, please e-mail AlphaStor AT legato DOT com
>
> Regards
>
> Shaun Ellis
> NetWorker Management Product Manager
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vikas Saini [mailto:vikas AT agilestorage DOT com]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:39 AM
> > To: Legato NetWorker discussion
> > Subject: Help needed for problem related Mixed Drives and Barcodes
> >
> >
> > Hi Guys,
> > I have problems related to Mixed Drives and barcodes.
> > I have a L40 tape
> > library with DLT, SDLT and LTO drives in it. whenever i try
> > to do inventory
> > with all drives, i get "incompatible medium installed". i
> > tried to overcome
> > this problem by using specific barcodes for differ media
> > types like s1 for
> > SDLT and small "d" for DLT. but somehow it is still the same
> > problem. any
> > suggestion related to these problem are welcome. few things
> > which i really
> > wanted to know
> >
> > 1) where can i mention barcode rules in networker. like
> > barcode ending with
> > s1 or s2 is for sdlt , ending with d for DLT and rest for LTO
> > like that
> > 2) how do i know what barcode format library support 6
> > character or 8
> > character . is there any thing on library which can be used
> to change
> > barcode setting ...this is very specific to L40 tape library.
> > 3) what is the ideal way to use mixed drive in a tape
> > library. do i really
> > need smartmedia or something like that for this.
> >
> > Any suggestions are most welcome
> >
> > Thanks
> > Vikas
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Legato NetWorker discussion
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU]On Behalf Of Paul Crossman
> > Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 11:24 AM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: [Networker] Accessing savesets from deleted clients
> >
> >
> > I'm pretty sure I've seen this discussed before, but I can't find
> > anything related in the archives.
> >
> > I have an old client that I'd like to look at indexes for so
> > that I can
> > determine data from that client is recoverable.
> >
> > I have the old index zipped up.
> >
> > How can I get the data I'm after?
> >
> > I've tried just unzipping the index and creating a dummy
> client. The
> > index list says there's a 12MB index but no savesets listed.
> >
> > I need to get this information to decide whether we spend $3000 on a
> > drive recovery or not.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul C.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Paul Crossman @ Wildfire Communications, Inc.
> > Senior Unix Systems Administrator
> > Phone & Fax: 781-778-3517
> > Email: pcrossma AT wildfire DOT com
> >
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