Solution to backup file from file server to tape library
Hi all
Currently, in our system, we have one file server with data stored in local disk, This file server is define as media server of Netbackup system.
The file server (Media server), Netbackup ...
"About media server, the data to backup is store in local disks of media server, so that make sure that media server can see the data stored itself. Media server connected to tape library via Switch"
Excellent - totally correct.
The HBA utility may show the flow of data rates, for example, HBAnywhere . THis utility is dependant on the HBA make.
What you can also do ...
Solaris example.
iostat -nX
r/s w/s kr/s kw/s wait actv wsvc_t asvc_t %w %b device0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 ramdisk10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0 0 c0t0d00.3 0.8 3.6 19.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 13.9 0 0 c1t0d00.6 1.7 31.6 31.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.2 0 0 c1t1d0Here I could see the rate of data transfer when the backup is running.Providing the STU only has the media server name in there, it should be fine.I think you are asking how to check, as opposed to knowing the data is going the wrong way.There are probably many many wasy to look at this, another easy way :Run the backup jobLook in Activity Monitor details for the job to see the tape usedRun vmoprcmd and check which media server has that tape loadedDoes this help ?Martin
