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Volker_Spies1's avatar
Volker_Spies1
Level 4
12 years ago

Change Tape Drive Name

Hi,

I have 2 tape libraries wich 10 drives each. The NBU wizard did the configuration and now I'm able to use these 20 drives.

the drives are names Drive000 -> Drive019, unfortunately the drives are mixed up, so Drive000 is Drive 5 in library 1, Drive001 is Drrive 8 in lib 2 etc.

In device monitor I can see wich drives has tapes loaded, but I have to match serial numbers or use tpconfig to get what actual drive in the lib has the tape. So I would likte to change the drivename seen in device monitor to something I that matches. Like rename Drive000 to Lib1_Drive5.

Can I simply change the names of he drives via GUI? Do I have to change it on all media servers, or only on the master? Do I have to delete the drives and use the wizard again?

I did a search in the forumes but that brought up many different comments.

So maybe someone that did this alredy has an advice?

Best regrads

Volker

 

 

 

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  • revarooo's avatar
    revarooo
    12 years ago

    Change the drive on the media server. You can do it in the GUI or use tpconfig

     

     

    (Update drive)
       tpconfig -update -drive <drvindex>
                [-type <drvtype>] [-path <drivepath>]
                [-nh <ndmp_hostname>] [-noverify]
                [-vhname <optical_volume_header_drive_name>]
                [-newasciiname <asciidrvname>] [-shared [yes|no]]
                [-cleanfreq <hours>] [-comment <comment>]
                [-drstatus UP|DOWN|DISABLED] [-robot <robnum> -robtype <robtype>]
                [-robdrnum <robdrvnum> | -VendorDrvName <vendor_drive_name>]
                [-ACS <acsnum> -LSM <lsmnum> -PANEL <panelnum> -DRIVE <drivenum>]
     
     
    tpconfig -update -drive <drv index> -newasciiname <name>
    that should do it - give it a try.
     
    You will need to restart media manager once done

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  • revarooo's avatar
    revarooo
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Change the drive on the media server. You can do it in the GUI or use tpconfig

     

     

    (Update drive)
       tpconfig -update -drive <drvindex>
                [-type <drvtype>] [-path <drivepath>]
                [-nh <ndmp_hostname>] [-noverify]
                [-vhname <optical_volume_header_drive_name>]
                [-newasciiname <asciidrvname>] [-shared [yes|no]]
                [-cleanfreq <hours>] [-comment <comment>]
                [-drstatus UP|DOWN|DISABLED] [-robot <robnum> -robtype <robtype>]
                [-robdrnum <robdrvnum> | -VendorDrvName <vendor_drive_name>]
                [-ACS <acsnum> -LSM <lsmnum> -PANEL <panelnum> -DRIVE <drivenum>]
     
     
    tpconfig -update -drive <drv index> -newasciiname <name>
    that should do it - give it a try.
     
    You will need to restart media manager once done
  • Volker_Spies1's avatar
    Volker_Spies1
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    Hi revaroo,

    ok thanks.

    I have a SSO environment with ~30 media servers that share those drives. Is there a way to change the name on all Media servers at once, or do I have to change the name one by one? Can the drive have different namens on different media servers?

    I hope the drive name is not used to do any sort of drive locking? So when I change the ascii name, the funktionality is the same without rescanning or reconfiguring the drives?

    Volker

     

     

     

     

     

  • revarooo's avatar
    revarooo
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Name should be the same across all the media servers if SSO.

    Remember it's just a logical name, it does matter if drive index 0 is for drive001 and drive index 1 is for drive000

  • Volker_Spies1's avatar
    Volker_Spies1
    Level 4
    12 years ago

    Hi revaroo,

    ok, now I'm confused.

    When I habe a look at only two of my media servers and only 1 Drive and I do a tpconfig -d

    Server1 shows:

    Drive Name  Drive000
    Index   0
    SCSI coordinates {1,0,0,0}
    Type   hcart2
    Status   UP
    SCSI Protection  SR (Global)
    Shared Access  Yes
    TLD(0) Definition DRIVE=1
    Serial Number  F002566001

    Server2 shows

    Drive Name  Drive000
    Index   4
    SCSI coordinates {2,0,2,0}
    Type   hcart2
    Status   UP
    SCSI Protection  SR (Global)
    Shared Access  Yes
    TLD(0) Definition DRIVE=1
    Serial Number  F002566001

    As you can see the Drive Name is the same but the Drive index is different.

    Is that ok? I checked a few servers and the index is different an almost all drives and all servers.

    Thanks.

     

    Volker

     

     

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    Sorry - we missed your last question.

    Yes, index numbers can be different on media servers. 

    What is important is that drive name, drive # in robot and serial # matches.

  • RonCaplinger's avatar
    RonCaplinger
    Level 6
    12 years ago

    The "Configure Storage Devices" wizard would make this easier, I think.  Just delete all the tape drives, then run the wizard and select "Configure Drive Name Rules".  You would want to use the "robot number' and "drive position", I think, and customize the text the way you want it.