Netbackup 7.x inventory robot - old tapes doesn't delete.
Hello.
I have IBM TS3200 tape library and netbackup 7.6.0.1 (both master and media).
Last year one of our employee manually removed some tapes (without data I think) from TS3200.
But in Netbackup this tapes are still in Netbackup pool (default pool after inventory made with default parameters).
The parameters of these tapes are:
Media Type: HCART3
Volume Group: ---
Application: Netbackup
Media Flags: 1
Description: Added by Media Manager
Barcode: A0004L2
Partner Barcode: --------
Last Write Host: NONE
Created: 08/13/2014 14:16
Time Assigned: -
First Mount: -
Last Mount: -
Volume Expiration: -
Data Expiration: -
Last Written: -
Last Read: -
Robot Type: NONE
Robot Control Host: -
Robot Number: -
Slot: -
Side/Face: -
Cleanings Remaining: -
Number of Mounts: 0
Maximum Mounts Allowed: 0
Media Status: ACTIVE
Kilobytes: 0
Images: 0
Valid Images: 0
Retention Period: -
Number of Restores: 0
Optical Header Size Bytes: 0
Optical Sector Size Bytes: 0
Optical Partition Size Bytes: 0
Last Header Offset: 0
Adamm Guid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Rsm Guid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Origin Host: NONE
Master Host: netbackup-master01
Server Group: -
Upgrade Conflicts Flag:
Pool Number: 1
Volume Pool: NetBackup
Previous Pool Name: -
Vault Flags: -
Vault Container: -
Vault Name: -
Vault Slot: -
Session ID: -
Date Vaulted: -
Return Date: -
Media on Hold: 0
Inventory robot doesn't delete them.
So how can I correctly delete them and why inventory didn't delete them. There was no mount and data at all..
- Once a tape is added to NBU, it never gets deleted automatically. You need to delete it when the tape is permanently removed from the environment. Robot Inventory will merely update the location of the tapes. Tapes no longer in the robot will have location of NONE. Lots of users take tapes offsite after backup to a Vault for safekeeping. No way you want Inventory to delete knowledge of those tapes!