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svabonius
Level 2
11 years ago

Unload all tape devices

Hi guys! I'm in the process of moving from EMC Networker to Symantec Netbackup. And boy is that a bit of a travel! - A good one though :) One thing I'm missing is a command that does the followin...
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  • StefanosM's avatar
    StefanosM
    11 years ago

    The "command" that unload a drive and return the tape to the slot is the reset function of the GUI or of the vmoprcmd CLI command.

    From the GUΙ, you can select all drives -> right click and select reset.

    From the CLI you have to do it one by one, but it is very easy to write a script that resets all drives
    vmoprcmd -resetbyname drive_name

    Please note that you cannot reset a drive that it is assigned to a backup or restore operation.

     

Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
11 years ago

In addition to above excellent post:

reset will unload tape drive and return tape to slot.

vmoprcmd command must be run on the media server where tape is assigned.

On another note - NBU will automatically unload drives and return tape to slot within 3 minutes of completion of read/write operation. what would the purpose of such an exercise be?