I'm using Netbackup 3.4 and use the JAVA client
(/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/jbpSA) for restores.  It allows you to 'preview
media required'. When restoring using it though, you can't monitor progress
using 'xbpmon'. The Java client has it's own 'progress monitor' which I
don't find very informitive.

Cheers,
Joe

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Ahrens [ahrensj AT psi DOT ca] [mailto:AhrensJ AT psi DOT ca]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 3:25 PM
To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] up'ing a drive


I was also told (by this list) the only way to find out what tapes are
required for a restore it to start it, let it fail or kill it, find out what
tapes were requested, and then restart it. If this is not the proper way,
how is it supposed to be done? The documentation I have does not say
anything about this topic.

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: David A. Chapa [mailto:david AT datastaff DOT com]
Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 3:21 PM
To: Veritas-bu List
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] up'ing a drive


This isn't the first time I have heard this exact 
question.  I've been hearing this a lot lately, 
especially teaching the NetBackup Classes...about 
having to stop the Media Manager daemons.  

Does anyone know where it came from?

I've also heard people say that they have been "told" 
that in order to do a restore of a tape that's not 
currently in the Tape Library, they have to KILL the 
restore job (after they start it to find out what tape 
is required), find the tape and put it in the tape 
library, then RESTART the restore job...now I know 
that's not true ;-)

just curious...thanks 

David


Quoting "Arsenault, Donald (FUSA)" 
<DonaldArsenault AT firstusa DOT com>:

> use:
> vmoprcmd  -h <volume_database_host>  -upbyname   
<drive_name>
> 
> This does not require stopping the Media manager.
> 
> Donald J. Arsenault
> First USA Bank, NA
> 201 North Walnut St.
> Wilmington, DE  19801
> Ph. (302)434-7626
> Fax (302)594-4020
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Kennedy [mailto:jlkennedy AT amcc DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 2:10 PM
> To: Veritas-bu List
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] up'ing a drive
> 
> 
> Is there a way to up a drive without restarting the 
media manager
> daemons?  I had a drive drop on me and couldn't 
restart the backup for
> that client because other backups were in progress 
and I couldn't shut
> down the MM daemons to up it.  I am running NBU 3.4 
on Solaris 7.
> 
> Thanks.
> -- 
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