awaiting resource A00013 A pending request has been generated for this resource request.
Environment
Primary Site:
NBU Master/Media Server 7.5.0.3 (32bit)
OS = Windows 2003 SP2 (32bit)
Tape Drive = Standalone Tape Drive
Secondary Site:
NBU Media Server 7.5.0.3 (32bit)
OS = Windows 2003 SP2 (32bit)
Tape Drive = Standalone Tape Drive
(Primary Site and Secondary Site are connected via VPN)
Query
I have taken a backup on Tape Cartridge from Primary Site Master/Media Server. Send this Tape Cartridge to Secondary Site. Insert the Tape Cartridge in to the Media Server of Secondary Site. I open Backup Archive and Restore of Media Server at Secondary Site, select few backup images and hit restore on the Media Server at Secondary Site(Just to check restore and its very tiny backup images). After hit restore I can see the below situation:
Master/Media Server of Primary Site:
5/1/2013 7:36:25 PM - begin Restore
5/1/2013 7:36:30 PM - 1 images required
5/1/2013 7:36:31 PM - media A00013 required
5/1/2013 7:36:31 PM - restoring image 192.168.1.102_1356932098
5/1/2013 7:36:37 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=2856) fileserver-me.XXXXXXXX.com is the host to restore to
5/1/2013 7:36:37 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=2856) telling media manager to start restore on client
5/1/2013 7:36:43 PM - requesting resource A00013
5/1/2013 7:36:43 PM - awaiting resource A00013 A pending request has been generated for this resource request.
Operator action may be required. Pending Action: No action.,
Media ID: A00013, Barcode: --------, Density: 4mm, Access Mode: Read,
Action Drive Name: N/A, Action Media Server: N/A, Robot Number: N/A, Robot Type: NONE,
Volume Group: ---, Action Acs: N/A, Action Lsm: N/A
5/1/2013 7:36:44 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=5748) fileserver-me.XXXXXXXX.com is the host to restore to
5/1/2013 7:36:44 PM - connecting
5/1/2013 7:36:49 PM - Info bpbrm(pid=5748) start tar32 on client
5/1/2013 7:36:53 PM - Info tar32(pid=2520) Restore started.
5/1/2013 7:36:53 PM - connected; connect time: 00:00:09
5/1/2013 7:37:43 PM - awaiting resource A00013 A pending request has been generated for this resource request.
Operator action may be required. Pending Action: No action.,
Media ID: A00013, Barcode: --------, Density: 4mm, Access Mode: Read,
Action Drive Name: N/A, Action Media Server: N/A, Robot Number: N/A, Robot Type: NONE,
Volume Group: ---, Action Acs: N/A, Action Lsm: N/A
Media Server of Secondary Site:
This is because the media was written by the master server or media server at the primary site, when you have moved the tapes to secondary site media server and trying the restore it is still wainting to restore the data from the media server that has written the data on the tape.
To resolve this issue either change the media ownership of this tape to secondary site media server or use the media host override options in the master server properties.
Edit: bpmedia -movedb -m media_id -newserver newservername or FORCE_RESTORE_MEDIA_SERVER entry forces restores to go to a specific server, regardless of where the files were backed up.
