I added media id 888001 this morning.

bash-2.05# vmquery -m 888001
=============================================================================
media ID:              888001
media type:            DLT cartridge tape (11)
barcode:               888001
description:           test insert 1
volume pool:           Bad (6)
robot type:            TLD - Tape Library DLT (8)
robot number:          0
robot slot:            300
robot host:            osiris.stp.mrll.com
volume group:          00_000_TLD
created:               Tue Oct 07 07:53:48 2003
assigned:              ---
last mounted:          ---
first mount:           ---
expiration date:       ---
number of mounts:      0
max mounts allowed:    ---
=============================================================================
bash-2.05# bpexpdate -ev 888001 -d 0
Are you SURE you want to delete 888001 y/n (n)? y
fatal NB media database error
bash-2.05# bperror -U -hoursago 1 -server osiris.stp.mrll.com
    TIME            SERVER/CLIENT                      TEXT
10/07/2003 13:10:15 osiris.stp.mrll.com -  changing 888001 (host: -any-) 
                    to expiration date Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969 (0)
10/07/2003 13:10:51 osiris.stp.mrll.com -  altered 0 image records and
                    media with mediaid 888001
10/07/2003 13:10:51 osiris.stp.mrll.com -  short read occurred reading
                    media database, bytes = 93

>From bptm log:

13:10:51 [18388] <2> bptm: INITIATING: -change_exp_date -ev 888001
         -date 0
13:10:51 [18388] <2> db_byid: search for media id 888001
13:10:51 [18388] <2> getsockconnected: host=osiris.stp.mrll.com
         service=bpdbm address=150.228.21.135 protocol=tcp
         non-reserved port=13721
13:10:51 [18388] <32> db_get: short read occurred reading media
         database, bytes = 93
13:10:51 [18388] <2> bptm: EXITING with status 91 <----------

After talking with Veritas support this morning (& hearing the
official stance on how unsupported this process is), I did gather some
helpful information on what components I should have migrated and
which should not have been.  My sense now is that the volDB is okay,
and that the mediaDB is what has been broken.  I ran dos2unix on the
whole netbackup/db tree, and I suspect I broke mediaDB in the
process.  I think I'll scrap the data I currently have on the Solaris
server and try the restore steps again, but this time be more
selective in what "text" files I convert.

Opinions?

--Larry

On Tue, Oct 07, 2003 at 10:52:40AM -0600, David Chapa commenced mumbling:
> Larry:
> 
> What's the error when you try to expire media?

-- 
Larry Fahnoe, Fahnoe Technology Consulting, fahnoe AT FahnoeTech DOT com
952/925-0744      Minneapolis, Minnesota       www.FahnoeTech.com