Jee,
Thanks for the tips.
It turns out I was finally able to accomplish this task manually using
nsrclone. The source SN client definition issue was resolved by
entering the storage node in the client details (recover storage node)
for the backup server. I'm not sure why the command line parameter of
nsrclone was not honored anyways, but this resolved the problem.
It's too bad that this process can't be accomplished through scheduled
cloning, but perhaps this functionality will be added in the future. It
would seem necessary in order to facilitate cascaded cloning using the
Data Domain devices and DD Boost.
Jeff
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Subject: Re: [Networker] Clone of a clone
Hi Jeffrey,
as you have attempted to do this via nsrclone by specifying the exact
ssid/cloneid of the savesets on the clone RO volume, then the problem
cannot
be that only the ssid is picked up. NW knows what instance is to be
cloned.
It looks more like a problem related to the SN and devices
configuration.
If by storage node affinity you mean the "clone storage nodes" attribute
configured on the source SN client definition, then that seems to be
right.
Do you have any device restrictions on the clone pool configuration?
Does the manual nsrclone command show what devices are not available and
on
what host? If not, Is it possible to use dbgcommand to raise the debug
level
of nsrexecd on the source and target SN during the time the cloning is
attempted? (debug level 5 should suffice)
If the target pool P2 (specified with -b ) doesn't have any device
restrictions AND the "clone storage nodes" attribute on the client
configuration of SN1 contains SN2, THEN you should be able to clone
from
pool P1, and the devices connected to SN1, and write to pool P2 and the
drives on SN2 (if I got the design right...)
jee
On Tuesday 31 May 2011 13:47:24 Morton, Jeffrey wrote:
> OK, so here's my situation.
>
> I am currently attempting to use the clone controlled replication
> capability of DD Boost to move data to a remote site for tape output
> using scheduled cloning.
>
> This works well.
>
> The problem I am encountering now is with attempting to move that data
> to tape at the remote site. Despite several attempts to specify
storage
> node affinity, clone volume pool, etc.. the scheduled clone just
appears
> to hang without any specific reason. I'll assume at this point that it
> is picking just the SSID on the clone volume pool and reverting to the
> original copy at the source location.
>
> I've also attempted to do this via nsrclone by specifying the exact
> ssid/cloneid of the savesets on the clone RO volume and I get an error
> stating that the device is not available.
>
> Anyone have any suggestions?
>
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> Subject: [Networker] Clone of a clone
>
> By default, NW will always choose the first instance of a save set -
the
> one with the lowest cloneid.
> BTW - the cloneid is nothing else but the UNIX timestamp which you can
> verify by displaying the cloneid along with the nsavetime parameter
> within an mminfo command.
>
> NW can however choose any other instance. You have two possibilities
to
> do that:
> - You either specify "ssid/cloneid" - this means you usually switch
to
> the command line.
> However, the tab "Save Set Filters" in the "Clones" resource also
> has this capability - use the option "Clone specific save sets ..."
>
> - You simply set all other save set in question to "suspect".
>
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