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Hermann_O's avatar
Hermann_O
Level 3
6 years ago

Standalone tape drive duplication priority

Hello all, I've got a problem with a standalone drive, what happens is the following: 1. Starting a manual duplication job via Catalog (select all images from one Media ID > duplicate to another de...
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windows server 2012
  • Anshu_Pathak's avatar
    Anshu_Pathak
    6 years ago
    Run your duplications from command line using “bpduplicate” command. This command allows you to specify a file name (BID file) which has list of all backup ids that you want to duplicate. This duplication job will be sequential in nature hence second duplication will automatically start as soon as first completes and so on and so forth.
Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
You mention standalone tape drive but job details says you have a tape library - tld-0?
How many tape drives do you have in total? Standalone and in the robot?
Hermann_O's avatar
Hermann_O
Level 3
6 years ago

Hi Marianne,

it's definitely a standalone drive, NetBackup automatically named it like this.

There's one standalone drive and one library with a single drive I have.

The standalone drive is the source and the library the destination, the standalone drive is the one doing problems here.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    6 years ago

    2 tape drives will only allow you to do 1 duplication at a time.

    So, you need to wait for 1st duplication to complete before starting the next one. 

    • Hermann_O's avatar
      Hermann_O
      Level 3
      6 years ago

      You're right it's only possible that one job runs in parallel (since one drive is the source and the other the destination).

      But can't I just start a second job so it will be queued and started as soon as the other one is finished or do I understand something wrong?

      • Marianne's avatar
        Marianne
        Level 6
        6 years ago

        It seems that Duplication jobs do not queue like Backup jobs.