Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT uvm DOT edu> wrote on 11/18/2009 02:17:44 PM:
> On 11/18/09 12:47 PM, MIchael Leone wrote:
> > I've never configured a storage node with a tape drive before, only
AFTD
> > devices. I installed the client software, specifiying storage node,
and my
> > NW 7.4.5 server recognized it as a storage node. But how do I define
and
> > configure a storage node with a tape drive? I have to be able to tell
the
> > Networker server that the storage node has a tape drive. And I'm
confused
> > on how to create that device. Do I make an entry
"rd=clientname:\\tape0"?
> > when I create that device?
> >
>
> Yes, you would name the device "rd=storagenode_name:\\tape0" (if
> \\tape0 is what you would call the device if the storagenode were your
> nsrserverhost. ... I use linux systems, and I have one or two tape
> drives on most of my storage nodes... so, I use /dev/nst0 and /dev/nst1
> as the device name -- so rd=<system>:<device> becomes
> rd=storage_node1.uvm.edu:/dev/nst0 as an example.
Yeah, that worked. Actually, I went into the Storage Nodes section of the
Devices tab of NMC; told that client to scan for new devices. It found
that tape. Then, under the "Devices" section of the "Devices" tab, I saw
the tape there. Clicking on it, it told me it wasn't configured, and did I
want to configure it. I said "Sure!", and it did it all for me, exactly as
you describe.
> > And when I do a restore, how do I specify that I want the recover to
run
> > from this storage node?
> >
>
> You don't do it via the recover command... You do it by configuring
> which storage node should be referenced first in the client definition
> or by limiting which devices specific media pools can be mounted on.
I added that client under "Recover Storage Nodes". I don't want to add
that tape device to the pools, because I don't want anything backing up
onto it. This is a recover only storage node (and, as such, I don't need a
license for it .. I am told).
> > Sorry if these same like simple questions.
> >
>
> Don't be sorry -- we've all asked questions that seemed simple to
> someone that was more experienced in that area of NetWorker.
Thanks. We'll see how a recover goes. I'll put the tape I want in that
drive, go to the client I want to recover onto, and see if it all Just
Works ...
Thanks
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