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girish_nair1984
Level 5
13 years ago
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status 196

Hi friends.

Thanks for your support.

 

We have 2 Dell Tape Drive with same policy types.

On one the tape drive, I am getting a error message

Status 196: client backup was not attempted because backup window closed

But the same policy is working properly on another tape drive.

 

7.1.x and Earlier
Backup and Recovery
NetBackup
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    13 years ago

    Please tell us more about your environment - are the two tape drives in the same library or in different libraries?

    NBU does not write backups directly to drives - it writes to the Storage Unit that you select in the policy.
    The STU then maps to robot number that contains a certain amount of drives.

    If two drives are in the same robot, you will have 1 STU with 2 drives in the properties. Here you cannot select which drive to use for backups. NBU will automatically load balance between them.

    If you have 2 libraries, you will have 2 STU's that you can select in policies.

    If you do not enable multiplexing in STU properties and in Policy schedules, NBU can only write one backup at a time and the rest of the jobs will have to queue. If queued jobs did not get a chance to go active by the time that the schedule window closes, you will see status 196.

     

    PS: I suggest you book yourself on a NetBackup training course and also start reading manuals. Admin Guide I is a good starting point.

    You can find links to all manuals in Handy Links in my signature.

2 Replies

  • Andy_Welburn's avatar
    Andy_Welburn
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    look in the job details to see which resource the job is waiting for & then go from there.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    13 years ago

    Please tell us more about your environment - are the two tape drives in the same library or in different libraries?

    NBU does not write backups directly to drives - it writes to the Storage Unit that you select in the policy.
    The STU then maps to robot number that contains a certain amount of drives.

    If two drives are in the same robot, you will have 1 STU with 2 drives in the properties. Here you cannot select which drive to use for backups. NBU will automatically load balance between them.

    If you have 2 libraries, you will have 2 STU's that you can select in policies.

    If you do not enable multiplexing in STU properties and in Policy schedules, NBU can only write one backup at a time and the rest of the jobs will have to queue. If queued jobs did not get a chance to go active by the time that the schedule window closes, you will see status 196.

     

    PS: I suggest you book yourself on a NetBackup training course and also start reading manuals. Admin Guide I is a good starting point.

    You can find links to all manuals in Handy Links in my signature.