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Re: [Networker] nsrjb -R not recycling volume in 7.4.3?
2008-11-13 13:21:20
Francis Swasey wrote:
Bruce,
Brian actually :)
7.4.3 includes a fix LGTsc16781 which changed the way -R works....
that may be the cause of your problem. (As the culprit that complained
and got EMC to change the way -R works.... sorry).
So its YOUR fault...
For what you are doing, why are you using -R? Since NetWorker doesn't
already know what the volume label is, it doesn't know what media pool
it is in and therefore, doesn't know what label template to use to label
the tape...
Now, the way my environment works, when I deposit tapes into my
library, the get scanned and inventoried automatically -- so if the tape
is in NetWorkers mediadb -- then they immediately show up in the jukebox
resource correctly. How are you putting these tapes back into your
library? Are you using the library I/O Ports or physically putting them
into slots yourself?
If you are using the I/O ports -- NetWorker should be figuring out
what the volume is automatically. If you are putting the tapes into
slots in the library -- you will need to use the nsrjb -II (quick
Inventory) to have it realize the volume -- Then I think your nsrjb -RYL
command should work again.
Specifically, on this particular server is a Dell PV-124T tape library.
It has a load port, but since we need to change several tapes at a time,
we eject the cartridge and replace the tapes manually, then reinsert the
cartridge.
The PV-124T does its own inventory, and then at least notifies Networker
that it has done so and Networker picks up the barcodes - I know because
the barcodes are listed in the output of nsrjb. I have set Networker to
label the tapes with the barcodes, so the volume names match, and always
have. So, it SHOULD recognize the barcode, match it with the volume
name, and display the volume name - but it doesn't.
When I recycle I am explicitly specifying the pool, so Networker knowing
or not knowing what pool they were part of previously doesn't matter either.
I'll try the -II option next time...
-Brian
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