[Veritas-bu] Media Question
2003-10-09 11:59:40
The vmquery returns normal information for the tape.
Here is what I just did: I create a volume pool called test. I moved
the problem tape to the test volume pool. I create a policy with an
override to use only the test pool and started a backup. I got the
following:
unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none
available(96)
Here is the output from vmquery:
========================================================================
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media ID: R302L1
media type: 1/2" cartridge tape (6)
barcode: AKR302L1
media description: Added by Media Manager
volume pool: Test (4)
robot type: TLD - Tape Library DLT (8)
robot number: 0
robot slot: 3
robot control host: neo
volume group: 00_000_TLD
vault name: ---
vault sent date: ---
vault return date: ---
vault slot: ---
vault session id: ---
created: 08/28/2003 02:34:06 PM
assigned: ---
last mounted: 09/06/2003 09:45:47 PM
first mount: 08/28/2003 02:48:54 PM
expiration date: ---
number of mounts: 2
max mounts allowed: ---
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barry
On Thursday, October 9, 2003, at 08:46 AM, Steven L. Sesar wrote:
> It exists, but there are no valid images on it to expire. As long as
> its in either a configured scratch pool or another valid volume pool,
> NBU will mobilize the tape when it needs to.
>
> "Expiration Date" has actually two definitions in NBU. There's the
> expiration date of the data, as it is defined by your retention
> levels, and there's the expiration date of the tape itself, or a
> "physical expiration date". "physical expiration date says", that
> you're pre-defining a time period, after which, the tape is presumed
> to be beyond its lifespan and shoud be discarded. I don't know of
> anyone who actually expires tapes. Try running vmquery -m <media-id>
> That will return the physical location of the tape, as well as other
> attributes.
>
>
>
>
>
> Barry Lustig wrote:
>
> I have a tape that "sort of exists, sort of doesn't". It lives in
> slot 3 of my library. When I run bpexpdate -m R302L1 -d 0 I get:
>
> Requested media ID was not found in NB media database and/or MM
> volume database.
>
> When I run the admin gui, it sees the tape. I've tried
> re-inventorying the library. This doesn't show any changes. I'd like
> to get the tape back to an active mode so that I can use it. I
> managed to get myself in this position by playing with the expiration
> date on the tape via the gui. Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Barry Lustig
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