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RonCaplinger
Level 6
14 years ago

Media ID Generation not being honored

I figured I'd try this. (AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT) Our Quantum library does, in fact, import the tape automatically and it updates NetBackup with the new tape.  However, it is not honoring the Media ID Ge...
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  • J_H_Is_gone's avatar
    J_H_Is_gone
    14 years ago

    as you say you are trying the auto inject maybe the master does not have the rules.

    Was it from a different server/pc than the one you were running the console on?

    Reason I ask is that the barcode rules are saved on the server/pc that is running the console when you make the rules.

    Example.

    Run console from my pc, make a barcode rule and save it.

    Start the console from the master server - go and look - no barcode rules.

    You have to make the barcode rules on ever server/pc that runs the console so whomever might add new media has the same rules ready on it.

    I tore my hair out trying to figure out why someone else who added new tapes was always messing it up. Because when I looked I had rules.  Then I look on his pc and he did not have any rules.

     

    Please go vote for my idea to have this moved to the master server no matter where you run the console.

RonCaplinger's avatar
RonCaplinger
Level 6
14 years ago

J, you are correct!

It was odd that there was no /usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf file on the media server running robot control for that library.  I had to create it, then I added the AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT directive to it.  There were no MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS directives, so it was using the NBU original default of just the last 6 characters of the barcode.

I added the appropriate MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS directive and now the auto-import works correctly! 

 

BTW, I have already voted for your idea, I still think it's silly to keep multiple barcode/media generation setups.  It should be set up on the master and all of these robot control hosts should be using the same ones.