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Jojie's avatar
Jojie
Level 4
11 years ago

Netbackup inventory robot can't see media tape

Hi,   I have been facing a problem with tapes. Most of the times required tapes are already available in the physical libraries,  At the same time, if i run the inventory on the master se...
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  • mph999's avatar
    mph999
    11 years ago

    The total slots is probably the total slots available in the library, not, the slots assigned to each partition.

    That said, you haven't confirmed yet if ALMS is enabled - if I remember correctly if this is turned on, even if you only have one partition, youu have to then assign slots to it.

    As mentioned before, if ALMS is turned off, and you have the correct license, I can only think it could be a library fault as with ALMS off, I think all the slots should be automatically assigned to the library.

    The other possibility is that with ALMS turned on, you have a lot of slots configured as virtual I/O - these will not be available as regular slots as they are effectivly an extension of the CAP.

Mark_Solutions's avatar
Mark_Solutions
Level 6
11 years ago

Can you get onto the web interface of the library - it is usually easier to see how it is configured and licensed from there

Usually this is down to either being partitioned, unlicensed or very often just a library fault and it is well worth checking for the latest robotic firmware and getting that applied (or get IBM in to do it)

If any changes have been made then re-run the device configuration wizard again to pick up the correct library information which includes the number of slots