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[Veritas-bu] Tapes being assigned to 'DBBACKUP'

2003-12-08 10:45:36
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Tapes being assigned to 'DBBACKUP'
From: scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com (scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com)
Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 09:45:36 -0600
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your little PS at the end is the key to the whole thing.  yes, this is 
causing it.  looks like you may have a network issue or something with 
this media server.  fix this and the report will be accurate.

If the available_media report sees a tape is assigned, but can't get info 
about it from any of the media server's MediaDBs, it marks it as DBBACKUP.


- Scott





"Timothy Arnold" <timothy.arnold AT becta.org DOT uk>
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12/08/2003 03:33 AM

 
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Hi all,

Something odd is going on. This weekend I found that some backups failed 
due to media being unavailable. I checked where the media was assigned 
using 'available_media' and found that three of my tapes was set to 
'DBBACKUP' and not to full, active or available.

000084  DLT      TLD      0       4      -       -     -        DBBACKUP
000087  DLT      TLD      0       11     -       -     -        DBBACKUP

Here is my configuration. As you can see it should be manually initiated:

  Sequence # 1    Last Media Used: (none!)

    Written             Allocated           Type   Density  Media
    ------------------- ------------------- ----   -------  -----
  1
  2

  Paths Included:
    /usr/openv/netbackup/db
    /usr/openv/volmgr/database
    /usr/openv/var

Now here is the weird thing. When I run bpmedialist I get:

$ bpmedialist -ev 000084
Server Host = micha

 id     rl  images   allocated        last updated      density  kbytes 
restores
           vimages   expiration       last read         <------- STATUS 
------->
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
000084   0      5   12/06/2003 23:11  12/07/2003 01:58     dlt  46672416   
 0
                5   12/14/2003 01:58        N/A           FULL

The first thing I notice is that the tape is reporting to be full and 
contains quite a lot of data... Any ideas?

Thanks,
Tim.

PS: I occasionally get '$ bpmedialist -ev 000084
Could not obtain report from host micha, can't connect to client' - could 
this be something to do with it?




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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">your little PS at the end is the key to the whole 
thing. &nbsp;yes, this is causing it. &nbsp;looks like you may have a network 
issue or something with this media server. &nbsp;fix this and the report will 
be accurate.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">If the available_media report sees a tape is 
assigned, but can't get info about it from any of the media server's MediaDBs, 
it marks it as DBBACKUP.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">- Scott</font>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>&quot;Timothy Arnold&quot; 
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Hi all,<br>
<br>
Something odd is going on. This weekend I found that some backups failed due to 
media being unavailable. I checked where the media was assigned using 
'available_media' and found that three of my tapes was set to 'DBBACKUP' and 
not to full, active or available.<br>
<br>
000084 &nbsp;DLT &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TLD &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0 &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; 4 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;- &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - &nbsp; &nbsp; - &nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;DBBACKUP<br>
000087 &nbsp;DLT &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;TLD &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;0 &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; 11 &nbsp; &nbsp; - &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; - &nbsp; &nbsp; - &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; &nbsp;DBBACKUP<br>
<br>
Here is my configuration. As you can see it should be manually initiated:<br>
<br>
 &nbsp;Sequence # 1 &nbsp; &nbsp;Last Media Used: (none!)<br>
<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;Written &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Allocated 
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Type &nbsp; Density &nbsp;Media<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;------------------- ------------------- ---- &nbsp; ------- 
&nbsp;-----<br>
 &nbsp;1<br>
 &nbsp;2<br>
<br>
 &nbsp;Paths Included:<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;/usr/openv/netbackup/db<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;/usr/openv/volmgr/database<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;/usr/openv/var<br>
<br>
Now here is the weird thing. When I run bpmedialist I get:<br>
<br>
$ bpmedialist -ev 000084<br>
Server Host = micha<br>
<br>
 id &nbsp; &nbsp; rl &nbsp;images &nbsp; allocated &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp;last updated &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;density &nbsp;kbytes restores<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; vimages &nbsp; expiration &nbsp; &nbsp; 
&nbsp; last read &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &lt;------- STATUS -------&gt;<br>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>
000084 &nbsp; 0 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5 &nbsp; 12/06/2003 23:11 &nbsp;12/07/2003 
01:58 &nbsp; &nbsp; dlt &nbsp;46672416 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 0<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;5 &nbsp; 12/14/2003 
01:58 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;N/A &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; FULL<br>
<br>
The first thing I notice is that the tape is reporting to be full and contains 
quite a lot of data... Any ideas?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
Tim.<br>
<br>
PS: I occasionally get '$ bpmedialist -ev 000084<br>
Could not obtain report from host micha, can't connect to client' - could this 
be something to do with it?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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