EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
01/03/2008 02:09:12 PM:

> No I actually have 11 drives so for some reason one of them doesn't 
> show as "active".
> 
> I tried ejecting the tape with the sjimm command (or the library 
> gui) and reinventorying but it won't inventory that drive since it's
> not "active".  The only way I've found to get it to work again is to
> restart the Networker services.

Did the drive go into "service mode"? I have a library that does that 
sometimes - 1 drive of 4 will show enough errors (for whatever reasons) 
that NetWorker takes it offline. I would check the NetWorker properties of 
the library to ensure that all drives are in "ready" mode.

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