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Trying a backup on a new standalone drive on a resurrected media server
NetBackup version 7.0 Windows Server 2003 Master and Media w/ Library
NetBackup version 7.0 Windows Server 2003 Media with standalone Ultrium3
15/11/2011 17:12:41 - awaiting resource Potter_LTO A pending request has been generated for this resource request.
Operator action may be required. Pending Action: No action.,
Media ID: A00003, Barcode: --------, Density: hcart3, Access Mode: Write,
Action Drive Name: N/A, Action Media Server: N/A, Robot Number: N/A, Robot Type: NONE,
Volume Group: MeritArchives, Action Acs: N/A, Action Lsm: N/A
I put it in a new Volume Group, and it is active. I cannot seem to get it out of pending, Ive look at previous posts on this and it seems a few people got awfully stuck !! I tried some good suggestions, but am not able to get very far.
I have ticked all the boxes in "- Check all of the options : ANSI, TAR, DBR, RS-MTF1, CPIO, AOS/VS, MTF, BE-MTF1" and still have no luck here.
any Ideas?
Go to device monitor in the admin console
The pending request will be at the bottom of the screen
As long as you are sure the right tape is in the drive then drag the request onto the stand alone tape drive in the window above
Once labelled NetBackup should be able to read the header and so will know what tape is in thetape drive but first time around, or until that tapes are labelled you need to do this
Hope this helps
