RE: new tapes are no showing

Bharath,

Your issue is little unclear..what do u mean by "Some GB used in the volume panel"

Also ,what version of NBU are u using ?

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Ok,

I am using the NBU 6.5.4 on RHEL (5.5) and see the tapes in attached file.

even though we install new tapes in that slots still showing the numbers in the KB column (which is for the data backed up on the tape)

so, should I run any command to update and we also install new tapes in other slots those are also not showing up in the NBU volumes panel!!!

thanks for quick response

Bharath

Please confirm the 'Inventory' steps that you have taken:

If you select "Show contents" and "Start" - does it display the new media in the robot?

What happens when you select "Update volume configuration"  and "Start" ?

Thanks Marianne,

you are helpful, I did update volume configuration ant start, the new tapes showd up

now the slot no's which were used to show for old tapes (old tapes are A00001-7) assigned to new tapes as slot 1- 8, for old tapes slot no's are not showing up!!.

" robot control host" is not showing up for old tapes, "robot type" is different,

why all this............... is different as they are in the same robot ?.

help me out I need to take full backup tonight so I need clarification on this

Thanks

Bharath

Are you perhaps using a robot without a barcode reader or tapes without barcodes?

What happens when you do "Show contents" in the Inventory GUI? Do the tapes show up as ???????

If that is the case, you should not use 'normal' inventory. NBU will assume all tapes in the robot are new. There is another utility that does a 'physical inventory' called vmphyinv.

Extract from Admin Guide I:

For robots without barcode readers or for volumes without readable barcodes, the new media IDs are based on a media ID prefix that you specify. You should consider using the vmphyinv physical inventory utility to add the media. The vmphyinv physical inventory utility inventories nonbarcoded tape libraries as follows:
■ Mounts each tape
■ Reads the tape header
■ Identifies the tape in each slot
■ Updates the NetBackup volume configuration
For more information, see “Using the physical inventory utility” on page 572.

Example:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmphyinv -rn 0

(More options in the NBU commands manual)

Bharath, did you manage to get this resolved?

As Marianne said. I think that you may be using Robot without barcode reader or tapes cartridges without barcodes.

Few things i would like to add:

When we do inventory

An inventory is a logcal operation. After you physically add, move, or remove volumes in a robot, use a robot inventory to update the NetBackup volume configuration.

Thanks Marianne, Zahid

yes I am using the tapes without the barcodes (old tapes) but new tapes my boss installed had barcodes, I did the vmphyinv inventory and everything back to normal.

I got the new media IDs still in my volume pane but as I dont have those tapes in my robot I have only 16 tapes in robot but it is showing more than 16 tapes.

how can I get rid off those new media IDs from my volume pane

see the attachment for more details

Thanks

Bharath

old tapes are (A00001-A00008) which I have in the robot in the slots,

new media IDs (A00009-A000013) which are not really exist in the robot but showin here.

Thanks

Bharath

Do you really want to get rid of them as some are assigned & have valid images (backups) on them.

Or is it that you now want to put barcodes or labels on them like the others?