eject job - not ejecting on the right date

Question

Hello,

We just added a 2nd tape library to our NetBackup environment. The new tape library is not ejecting on the same day as our 1st one. How can I make sure that the 2nd tape library ejects on the same day as the other one. We have are tapes eject every two weeks or ever other Friday. We have our tapes eject every two weeks because they go off site. We have the vault job run the same day as the tape pick up. The vault jobs run on a single schedule. There is a vault job for each library.

Envirement
	Master server&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Solaris 10&nbsp;&nbsp; running NetBackup 7.5.0.7
	Media/robot control server &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Solaris 10 running NetrBackup 7.5.0.7

1st&nbsp;&nbsp;tape library &nbsp;&nbsp; SL150
	2nd tape library&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SL500

mph999 · Accepted Answer

Yes Mark, that was what I was originally thinking, but I see in the explanation that the policay was run manually, but then ran sooner than expected, when it should have been another 7 days later ...

" I created the policy on 9/19 and ran it manually. I expected the next scheduled run to be on 10/3, but it ran on 9/26."

So, thought I'd ask about the freq anyway, as this would obviously cause this issue, though I suspect it has been checked.

Persoanlly, I'd run nbpemreq -subsystems 1 screen and look down for the Client/ Policy pair and see when NBU is next planning to run it - if it's n the correct date, no issue, if not, it shold give the logic behind why it will run it at time X.

If output is large, it gets truncated, so if the bits you need are missing, run it without the 'screen' and look for the details in the nbpem log.

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marianne · Answer

Did you go through all the steps to add the new robot as another Vault robot and a new profile for this robot?

Can you show us screenshots of the new vault profile?&nbsp;

Have you added this new profile to the vault policy?
	Please show us the policy config:

bppllist &lt;policy-name&gt; -U&nbsp;
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mark_solutions · Answer

I assume you are using frequency based scheduling for the vault policies...

If so then other than using lots of exclude dates etc. you can never guarantee that you will keep then in sync.

A work around would be to use calendar scheduling and have them eject on the 1st and 3rd Friday of the month .. they will always do it on the same day then.

Hope this helps

cyberninja · Answer

Marianne,

Did you go through all the steps to add the new robot as another Vault robot and a new profile for this robot? We made a new robot.

Can you show us screenshots of the new vault profile?&nbsp;We can't send you a screenshot, sorry.

Have you added this new profile to the vault policy? We made a new profile for the new library
	Please show us the policy config:

bppllist &lt;policy-name&gt; -U Not shore what the policy name is?

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My co-worker is getting ready to post addition info.

cyberninja · Answer

Mark,

Yes we are using frequency based scheduling. If we used calendar scheduling how would we get it to eject ever two weeks? Some mouths have more week some have lass.

randes_2000 · Answer

I work with cyberninja and I created the policy. I'll try to fill in the details. This system is on our high side, so I cannot post any screen shots.

Marianne, I went through all the step to set up a new vault robot/job and created this new policy to run it. This policy is running a vault job that only performs an eject.

Mark, you are correct, we are using frequency based scheduling. The policy is working, except that the Friday it runs is out of sync with the day our vendor picks up our offsite tapes. I created the policy on 9/19 and ran it manually. I expected the next scheduled run to be on 10/3, but it ran on 9/26. Our pickup schedule is 9/19, 10/3, 10/17, etc. The policy is running on 9/26/ 10/10, etc. How do I get the policy back in sync?

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