Thanks to all who helped, I did find the answer in the
following tech doc:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/208420.htm
Thanks again,
John
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Rothlisberger
> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:47 PM
> To: Rafael Valcarcel; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DB Backup tapes - how many?
>
>
> Tried bplabel, get:
> CHIMISC1:[admincmd] 1:43pm >./bplabel -ev 000009 -d hcart -p scratch
> Request terminated because of volume pool mismatch
> CHIMISC1:[admincmd] 1:44pm >./bplabel -ev 000011 -d hcart -p scratch
> Request terminated because of volume pool mismatch
>
> I am very confident these 2 tapes have never been used for dbbackups
> but I can't seem to get them into a scratch pool...
>
> TIA,
> John
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rafael Valcarcel [mailto:valcarcel AT caracas.oilfield.slb DOT com]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 12:31 PM
> > To: John Rothlisberger; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DB Backup tapes - how many?
> >
> >
> > If you want to use one of the tapes previously used for DB
> > backups, as a
> > normal tape for ordinary backups you
> > can use bplabel on the old DB backup tape.
> >
> > Regards.
> > Rafael.
> >
> > At 11:19 AM 7/11/2002 -0500, John Rothlisberger wrote:
> > >I modified the available_media per the tech doc, but they still
> > >show up as DBBACKUP. I don't believe 2 of the tapes are being used
> > >as dbbackup because one shows 1 mount and the other 0.
> > >
> > >Also, bpmedialist -ev gives me:
> > >CHIMISC1:[admincmd] 11:17am >./bpmedialist -ev 000009
> > >requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or
> > MM volume
> > >database
> > >CHIMISC1:[admincmd] 11:17am >./bpmedialist -ev 000011
> > >requested media id was not found in NB media database and/or
> > MM volume
> > >database
> > >
> > >I also tried to bpexpdate -ev 000009 -d 0 and it comes back
> > with the same
> > >errors.
> > >
> > >hmmmm
> > >
> > >John
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: David A. Chapa [mailto:david AT datastaff DOT com]
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 11:05 AM
> > > > To: John Rothlisberger; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > > > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] DB Backup tapes - how many?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > John:
> > > >
> > > > NBU only uses a maximum of two destinations for the catalog
> > > > backup. Chances
> > > > are if you identified this using the available media script
> > > > the results are
> > > > 'skewed' due to a timing issue.
> > > >
> > > > I'd run a bpsyncinfo -L to see what tapes you have allocated
> > > > for the catalog
> > > > backup.
> > > >
> > > > I'd also run bpmedialist -ev on all the tapes that came up
> > > > with the the
> > > > DBBACKUP type in the output of the script, just to manually
> > > > verify their
> > > > status.
> > > >
> > > > Then, you'd probably want to read this technote to fix
> > > > available_media.
> > > >
> > > > http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/199300.htm
> > > >
> > > > David
> > > >
> > > > <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> > > > David A. Chapa
> > > > NetBackup Consultant
> > > > DataStaff, Inc.
> > > > http://www.datastaff.com
> > > > 847 413 1144
> > > > ---------------------------------------
> > > > http://www.NetBackupcentral.com
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > > > [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu]On
> Behalf Of John
> > > > Rothlisberger
> > > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 10:47 AM
> > > > To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> > > > Subject: [Veritas-bu] DB Backup tapes - how many?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have a whopping 10 available slots in my robot and 3 of
> > > > those are being
> > > > used by DBBACKUP tapes. Is there a way to reduce the
> > number used for
> > > > db backups and is there a way to free up some of those tapes?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > John
> > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > John Rothlisberger
> > > > > Unix Systems Administrator
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