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Vickie
Level 6
11 years ago

Unable to remove media server

Hi All,
 
Master Server Name : masterserver.bkp.com
NBU Version : 7.5.0.4
Master Server : Windows 2003
 
Media Server Name : mediaserver.bkp.com
NBU Version Media : 6.5.6
MEdia Server : Windows 2003
 
I did a media server decommission. After performing all task for decommission media server.
At the end when I tried to remove the server from emm, I got below error.
 
D:\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd>nbemmcmd -deletehost -machinename mediaserver.bkp.com -machinetype media
NBEMMCMD, Version: 7.5.0.4
The function returned the following failure status:
the media is allocated for use (199)
Command did not complete successfully.
 
1) No media/images assign to this host.
 
D:\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd>bpmedialist -mlist -h mediaserver.bkp.com -l
 
2) All refference entry of media server removed from master server.
3) Devices attached to media server removed and un-zoned. Storage unit removed.
4) Media server is in Deactivate state
5) Media server entry exist in "nbemmcmd -listhost" command output.
 
Now Media server has been shut down by the OS team.
Need help to remove this media server.
 
Note: There was basic disk storage unit configured for this server to backup its data to disk.
7.5
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Windows Server (2003-2008)
  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    11 years ago

    The bpimagelist output shows that the backup image belongs to the master server:

    Media Type:       Media Manager (2)
 Density:          hcart (6)
 File Num:         38
 ID:               R02210
 Host:             masterserver.bkp.com

     

    So, this shows that you have previously changed ownership for images.

    The problem is with the disk images - although the image ownership was transferred to Master, the Media Descriptor is still recorded as the media server:

    Media Descriptor:        mediaserver.bkp.com

    Have you tried to expire disk images with 'justimage' option?
    This will ensure that NBU will not try to find the actual storage path to delete the images.

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  • Vickie's avatar
    Vickie
    Level 6
    11 years ago
    Yes Marianne, but I tried to expire the imaged to Disk.
     
    But there are many images to Tape as well, which is still active with infinite retention.
     
    G:\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd>bpimage -newserver masterserver.bkp.com -oldserver mediaserver.bkp.com
    no entity was found

    The disk is not mounted/presented on any other server, its no more available for access.

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    For the disk images, this command will work:

    bpexpdate -justimage -backupid <image-id> -d 0

    Please shows us ouput of the following for one of the images on tape:

    bpimagelist -backupid <backup_id> -L

     

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    The bpimagelist output shows that the backup image belongs to the master server:

    Media Type:       Media Manager (2)
 Density:          hcart (6)
 File Num:         38
 ID:               R02210
 Host:             masterserver.bkp.com

     

    So, this shows that you have previously changed ownership for images.

    The problem is with the disk images - although the image ownership was transferred to Master, the Media Descriptor is still recorded as the media server:

    Media Descriptor:        mediaserver.bkp.com

    Have you tried to expire disk images with 'justimage' option?
    This will ensure that NBU will not try to find the actual storage path to delete the images.

  • Vickie's avatar
    Vickie
    Level 6
    11 years ago

    Great bingo... :-)

    G:\Veritas\NetBackup\bin\admincmd>nbemmcmd -deletehost -machinename mediaserver.bkp.com -machinetype media

NBEMMCMD, Version: 7.5.0.4

Command completed successfully.

    Finally the media server has been removed successfully. 

    Thanks alot Marianne, for contineous help and support. By with I successfully done the months long pending issue. yeslaugh