Hi Len

Thanks. I sort of get this, but this is what I have done:

Deleted the one tape from the Robot in NetBackup. So in essence it knows nothing about the Media ID

Gone to the Robot TLD(1) and inventory, Advanced Options.

Next, I went to Media ID Generation, Specify Robot 1, Barcode length 8 and Generation Rule 3:4:5:6:7:8

Then run the update configuration, but it still shows just the first 6 characters of the Barcode.

Simon

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From: Len Boyle [Len.Boyle AT sas DOT com]
Sent: 05 November 2013 15:20
To: Stier, Matthew; Simon Weaver
Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: HP ESL G3 Tape Library Barcode Issues

Simon

 

If you go to the java admin gui to the 

Media and Device management è

Media

Robots

TLD(0) or whatever your robot is

 

Then netbackup should show you the volumes that it has picked up in the inventory.

One column should be the full 8 char barcode if the tape library passed on all 8 characters.

Another column should be the 6 char Media ID  that netbackup uses.

If both are 6 characters then the issue is with the tape library, else it should be the netbackup rule.

 

If you have no volumes in netbackup’s inventory, try a preview it should show you both the barcode that it gets from the tape library and what it will do with the barcode.

 

len

 

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Stier, Matthew
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:11 AM
To: Simon Weaver
Cc: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] HP ESL G3 Tape Library Barcode Issues

 

Documented here:

 

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH10824

 

 

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Simon Weaver
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:01 AM
To: VERITAS-BU AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] HP ESL G3 Tape Library Barcode Issues

 

Hi All

Hope everyone is well.

Can someone advise on this?

I have implemented an HP G3 ESL Library under NBU 7.5 - However, I have a problem.

 

When doing the Inventory, it is showing the Media ID as the first 6 characters of the Barcode, rather than the last 6 characters of the Barcode.

 

For example, what I expect to see is W955L5, but what I am seeing is SSW995 being imported!

 

Any ideas as HP is telling me it is a NBU issue, but I was under the impression that by design, NetBackup imports the last 6 characters of the barcode.

 

Thanks, Simon

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