Tim,
Thanks again. It's late enough in the day that I'm not going to try it
until tomorrow. I'll try the nsrck -L7 and report back on how that
works. Too bad you can't define multiple instances of a device like you
can a client :)
Another thought though. If I deleted the volume could I use scanner to
re-add it without changing the device type? Don't know if I want to do
that since there are more clients on the tape than the one I'm
interested it but it would be good to know.
Dave
David Werth
Garmin AT, Inc
Salem, Oregon
dave.werth<at>garmin.com
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 3:30 PM
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Subject: Re: [Networker] Recover help
In regard to: RE: [Networker] Recover help, Werth, Dave said (at 3:06pm
on...:
> Thanks for the information. Boy, I never expected that to be a
problem.
> We only have 2 drives so changing one permanently is not an option.
The
> Device Type is a read only attribute so I guess my only option is to
> delete a device and re-add it with the changed type, do what I need to
> do and change it back. Ugh!
>
> Do you think that is the cause of the "nsrck -L7" command not working
> either?
It *might* be, but I'm not as certain there. I know (from experience)
what the scanner problem is. If you have to redefine the drive anyway,
you might try the -L7 again and see if it makes a difference having
the drive type redefined. You would answer the question and potentially
save yourself quite a bit of time too. I would also try using nsavetime
rather than the quoted date and time -- that *should* work, but we all
know that different versions of NetWorker have different quirks.
If you're very careful, it would be possible to redefine the drive type
without a delete/add cycle, but that's not something I would recommend
unless you're desparate to avoid a couple delete/add cycles.
Tim
> David Werth
> Garmin AT, Inc
> Salem, Oregon
> dave.werth<at>garmin.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On
> Behalf Of Tim Mooney
> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 2:37 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] Recover help
>
> In regard to: [Networker] Recover help, Werth, Dave said (at 1:30pm on
> Oct...:
>
> ...
>> C:\>scanner -i -S 2637505255 \\.\Tape1
>> scanner: scanning 8mm AIT-4 tape 150401 on \\.\Tape1
>> scanner: 8mm AIT-4 tape 322125827 for volume 150401 conflicts with
>> existing media database entry for 8mm AIT tape 322125827
>
> It would work if you had a drive that was defined as a type "8mm AIT".
> You're scanning on a drive that's defined as type "8mm AIT-4", and
since
> the ssid and volume id match but the tape type doesn't, NetWorker
> chokes.
>
> If you have a bunch of tape drives in your library and if you have a
> significant number of volumes that are type "8mm AIT", it might make
> sense to (re)define one of your drives as "8mm AIT" and then set it to
> be read only, reserving it for restores.
>
> Tim
>
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