Re: [Networker] LTO2 drives trying to load LTO3 tapes

This works fine, until you go to inventory slots, at which time it will
load tapes into any available drive by default.  The only way around
that problem is to specify use of the LTO-3 drives when preforming the
inventory.


Lee

On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 11:51 +0100, Sebastian Schönwetter wrote:
> Like this ?
> 
> Create a separate Group(s) for your LTO-3 backups
> Create a new Pool called "LTO3"
> Include only the LTO-3 group(s) in this pool
> Include only the LTO-3 device(s) in this pool
> Exclude the LTO-3 device(s) from other pools
> Exclude the LTO-3 group from other pools
> 
> Quoting Eric Haupt <eric.haupt AT FTICONSULTING DOT COM>:
> 
> > Hello,
> >   I just added two LTO3 tape drives to our STK L700 which already had eight
> > LTO2 drives. I'm using Legato NW 7.2.1 on Windows2003 and I have a problem
> > where Legato is trying to mount the LTO3 tapes in the LTO2 drives. This is
> > causing delays in savegroups, and the LTO2 drives to go into service mode
> > because of too many errors.
> >   I have several dedicated storage nodes with which I am using SnapImage. I
> > want to dedicate the biggest ( 1.7 TB ) , most important, SnapImage savesets
> > to these two new LTO3 drives and LTO3 volumes. I would also like for the two
> > LTO3 drives to be available for other storage nodes and restores when not
> > busy with big SnapImage jobs.
> >   Any suggestions on how I configure NW so I can keep the LTO3 tapes
> > dedicated to the LTO3 drives? I appreciate any feedback or 
> > suggestions. Thanks.
> >
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