Hi Andy,
Thanks for your response. I did notice that the job seemed to be cycling through multiple drives after I has posted my last update. The media is all brand new as is the library.
Interestingly we were trialling Netbackup as Backup Exec 2012 wasn't working for us. We were having a similar issue in that whenever we tried to do an NDMP backup the job would start but remain queued and then cycle through the tape drives trying to laod a tape but never loading one. We had been told this was down to an ownership issue and that the library/drives needed to be directly connected to the NetApp filer or we should use NetBackup as an alternative.
It seems we are now experiencing a similar issue with NetBackup now also which makes me wonder if there is a more fundamental issue.
In the first post I stated that the backup server/tape library and NetApp filer are all connected into the SAN.We have 2x Cisco Nexus 5548 switches which are our SAN. The cabling is connected as follows:-
Backup Server = 2 connections - 1 into each nexus 5548 switch
Filer = 2 connections - 1 into each nexus 5548 switch
Tape libray = 6 tape drives - 3 into each nexus 5548 switch. The tape drives are cabled as follows with tape drives 1, 3 and 5 into the 1st nexus 5548 and tape drives 2, 4 and 6 into the 2nd nexus 5548 switch.
Zoning was configured on the switch as follows
Switch 1 (tape drives 1, 3 and 5, Netapp port 0c and backup server port 0 connected)
zone name Z_WOKINGBKP_L0_TAPEDRIVE vsan 10
device-alias WOKINGBKP_L0
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_1
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_3
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_5
zone name Z_NETAPP3220_0c_TAPEDRIVE vsan 10
device-alias BLK-NETAPP3220_0c
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_1
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_3
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_5
sh zoneset brief
zoneset name WOK_FLEXPOD_A vsan 10
zone Z_WOKESXi01_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi02_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi03_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi04_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi05_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi06_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi07_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi08_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi09_A_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKINGBKP_L0_TAPEDRIVE
zone Z_NETAPP3220_0c_TAPEDRIVE
Switch 2 (tape drives 2, 4 and 6, Netapp port 0d and backup server port 1 connected)
zone name Z_WOKINGBKP_R1_TAPEDRIVE vsan 20
device-alias WOKINGBKP_R1
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_2
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_4
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_6
zone name Z_NETAPP3220_0d_TAPEDRIVE vsan 20
device-alias BLK-NETAPP3220_0d
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_2
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_4
device-alias TAPEDRIVE_6
zoneset name WOK_FLEXPOD_B vsan 20
zone Z_WOKESXi01_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi02_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi03_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi04_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi05_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi06_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi07_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi08_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKESXi09_B_NETAPP3250A
zone Z_WOKINGBKP_R1_TAPEDRIVE
zone Z_NETAPP3220_0d_TAPEDRIVE
Is this a supported configuration? Should all of the drives have been cabled into just 1 switch?
Any help appreciated as we not getting anywhere with NetBackup or BackupExec at the moment
Thanks