Every tape that goes into the lib without a bar code will get a new name.
System default is A#####
So the first one will be A00001
The second one is A00002
If you take A00001 out and put it back in again it will be called A00003 -
because the lib sees it as an unknown tape and does not know it had a previous
number.
This is why it is NOT a good idea to use tapes in a lib without barcodes.
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Martin,
Jonathan
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 12:10 PM
To: VERITAS-BU AT MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Problem with Restoring from Tape without having
BARCODE
When you put tapes into the library without a barcode, run vmphyinv to
automatically mount each tape and inventory based on its media header.
That will fix your robot inventory issue, and make those media available
for restore. You might want to remove the media with barcodes from the
library during this operation because it takes a while to mount each
media in the library to scan the header.
-Jonathan
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Saugata
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 4:15 AM
To: VERITAS-BU AT MAILMAN.ENG.AUBURN DOT EDU
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Problem with Restoring from Tape without having
BARCODE
Dear All,
Recently we are having a problem while restoring DATA from old TAPE.
We took BACKUP suing Dell Native 400/800 GB LTO 3 Tape, We used SUN C2
Autoloder with 16 Slot(It has BAR CODE Reader)
In general we used this TAPE without having a single problem, but in
last month when we user a bunch of new TAPE for taking backup, none of
those tape having BAR Code printed on it.
So, we used those tapes for taking backup, but at the time of restoring
when we re inserted the TAPE, media id getting changed every time.
For Eg. Before backup it's A00021, and the same tape while we re-insert
for restore, media id getting changed to A00022, and same thi9ng happens
on every single tape without having bar code But while using a TAPE with
Bar Code, everything went smooth. So we are failed to restored anything
from the TAPE. We are lucky enough that we found this problem on restore
drill. We don't realized this problem earlier.
So, is there any way with which we can change the Meadia ID of an old
TAPE, to restore? We need a solution, coz there are 2-3 tape we used for
Monthly backup those don't have any bar code, if any of those tape are
required for restore in future, then we will be failed.. :(
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks
Saugata Datta
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