I was quite surprised to find that NetBckup is not just looking
at the tape label, but also what I think is the cartridge serial number with
LTO. I guess that comes from the LTO-CM. This is 6.5.4
This happened on a Windows Master/Media server in our test lab:
20:00:48.922 [3908.1968] <2> openTpreqFile:
tpreq_file: D:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\media\tpreq\drive_Drive1,
serial_num: HU10606CNF
20:00:48.922 [3908.1968] <2> get_drive_path: SCSI
coordinates {5,1,1,3}, dos_path \\.\Tape1, pnp_path \\?\scsi#sequential&ven_hp&prod_ultrium_3-scsi&rev_g54w#4&2b40ae32&0&113#{53f5630b-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b}
20:00:48.922 [3908.1968] <2> check_serial_num:
serial number match for drive with SCSI coordinates {5,1,1,3}, dos_path \\.\Tape1,
drive serial number HU10606CNF, expected serial number HU10606CNF
20:00:48.954 [3908.1968] <2> init_tape: \\.\Tape1
(SCSI coordinates {5,1,1,3}) configured with blocksize 0
20:00:48.954 [3908.1968] <2> init_tape: \\.\Tape1
(SCSI coordinates {5,1,1,3}) has compression enabled
20:00:48.969 [3908.1968] <2> io_open: SCSI RESERVE
20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <2>
manage_drive_attributes: report_attr, fl1 0x00000429, fl2 0x00000004
20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <4> manage_drive_attributes:
expected manufacturer
[HP], reported [HP]
20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <4>
manage_drive_attributes: expected
serial number [E63YABQ480], reported [1120653908]
20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <2> send_MDS_msg: MEDIADB
1 1534 000013 4000113 *NULL* 20 1262980800 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 17 1024 0 0 0
20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <16>
manage_drive_attributes: FREEZING
media id 000013, Medium identifiers do not match
20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <2> io_close: closing
D:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\media\tpreq\drive_Drive1, from
bptm.c.18660
2
So I’d suggest, don’t reuse barcodes.
William D L Brown
From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of J.Keating AT tachi-s DOT com
Sent: 14 January 2010 21:12
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] LTO tape label / sequence?
Hello,
The question of
"should we be paying particular attention of tape labels" question
reared it's ugly head for me once again and I can't remember the answer.
Am I correct to
believe that NBU won't import or confuse itself or the database if we should
put a tape in the robot which has the same label as a tape that's has already
been written too and cataloged?
And, should I
be ordering labels with an existing sequence?
Regards,
John Keating
Information Technology
Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc.
