[Veritas-bu] Does Netbackup4.5 support LTO3

Ah.

We move *slow*, unless there are enhancement needs or security issues, 
so we have used pretty much each and every single MP (we are on the MP 
track) 'known to man' that is between our current revision and base 3.4 
where we started. Until 5.0 we used the FP track. We do stay up to date 
on our version, but we lag a few months behind in application usually.

;-)

Right now we are at 5.1 MP3 and about to upgrade to MP4.

Very consistent behavior amongst all of the versions of NBU. We use a 
mix of LTO 1, 2 & 3 drives.

---There is one thing that I should note. We have had a Dickens of a 
time with the mix using STU and drive/robot types. You would think that 
hcart3 media type would work for LTO3. Instead we have had to stick with 
LTO1 (just hcart type) for all of our drives. When examining the output 
from 'available_media' you can see that the appropriate amounts are in 
fact being written (i.e. the amount you see on an LTO3 tape is roughly 
400gb's-worth, DLT is 40gb, and so on). Not sure if we have everything 
configured the best, but we had errors using the hcart3 type for lto3 
until we changed it to be just hcart that not even Veritas could resolve 
except for as we have it using this work-around ... probably due to the 
use of multiple types in one robotic device.



Cheers!

--Chris


> Hi Chris
> Thanks for the clarification, would you also kindly advise what FP or MP you
> ran?
>
> Simon Weaver 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Jay Manders [mailto:CJManders AT lbl DOT gov] 
> Sent: 06 March 2006 14:00
> To: Song
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Does Netbackup4.5 support LTO3
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>
>
> Yes.
>
> We have both SCSI wired as well as FC and both perform quite well.
>
> We used to use 4.5 until our recent 5.1 upgrade.
>
> They have been working fine for us.
>
>
> hth
>
> Cheers!
>
> --Chris
>
>
>
>
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>
>   
>> Hi all,
>>  
>> Anybody tested using LTO3 in Netbackup 4.5 with MP5??
>>  
>> Thanks.
>>  
>> -Song
>>
>> */"WEAVER, Simon" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>/* wrote:
>>
>>     Well I know FP6 / MP6 works! (or did work!) - now running 5.1 MP2
>>      
>>      
>>     *Simon Weaver*
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>>         -----Original Message-----
>>         *From:* Song [mailto:song_1977 AT yahoo DOT com]
>>         *Sent:* 03 March 2006 10:01
>>         *To:* veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>>         *Cc:* song_1977 AT yahoo DOT com
>>         *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] Does Netbackup4.5 support LTO3
>>
>>         Hi,
>>          
>>         Does anyone know in which MP or FP does Netackup 4.5 support
>>         LTO3? Veritas's hardware compatibility list only
>>         said Netbackup 4.5 did support LTO3 but never state which MP
>>         or FP.
>>          
>>         Thanks.
>>          
>>          
>>          
>>
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