Hmm.  Maybe a bit late, but if you can identify the save which thinks it's 
writing to that drive, that should filter back through to NetWorker.  Should be 
obtainable from the daemon.log if you can't get it using lsof against the 
[dead] nsrmmd.
 
Otherwise, if all other backups on that storage node are done, you may be able 
to kill off the nsrexecd process on that system.  The server will see this and 
restart the mmds.  It *may* be possible to try running a small save to that 
pool with other drives in service mode.  Haven't tried this, but this may force 
nsrd into realising that the mmd is no longer there.
 
HTH,
 
Stuart.

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion on behalf of Stan Horwitz
Sent: Mon 27-Nov-06 14:18
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Faulty device status info



I had an backup fail on me over the holiday weekend. This is on a 
Sony PetaSite connected via fibre to a Sun Solaris 9 server. I think 
the tape cartridge was faulty. The problem is, I can't seem to 
convince NetWorker 7.2.1 to that this particular tape cartridge is no 
longer receiving data. I used my tape library's GUI to remove that 
tape, but NetWorker insists its still being written to, even though 
the NetWorker GUI and "nsrjb -C" both indicate the tape drive in 
question is not loaded with anything.

Does anyone have any tricks that would allow me to change the status 
of this device so that I can use it again without shutting down the 
NetWorker software or doing a reboot? I tried killing off the 
relevant nsrmmd process, so perhaps that's what is causing this problem.

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