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virgildb
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14 years ago

VTL issue

Hi, I have just installed a virtual tape library on a linux machine, then installed NBU Media server on it. NBU version 6.5 on both master/media servers and clients. I've configured the tape li...
  • Brad_Brueske's avatar
    14 years ago

    I see a couple of things that need to change.

    The storage units are defined for one drive a piece when there are 2 of them:


    Label:                HCART-STU1
    Storage Unit Type:    Media Manager
    Host Connection:      nbu-media
    Number of Drives:     1
    On Demand Only:       no
    Max MPX/drive:        1
    Density:              hcart - 1/2 Inch Cartridge
    Robot Type/Number:    TLD / 0
    Max Fragment Size:    1048575 MB

    Label:                HCART2-STU1
    Storage Unit Type:    Media Manager
    Host Connection:      nbu-media
    Number of Drives:     1
    On Demand Only:       no
    Max MPX/drive:        1
    Density:              hcart2 - 1/2 Inch Cartridge 2
    Robot Type/Number:    TLD / 0
    Max Fragment Size:    1048575 MB

     

    EX:

    ****************************************************************************
    3   IBM.ULT3580-TD4.003  hcart  TLD(0)  DRIVE=3
          /dev/nst2                                                        UP
    5   IBM.ULT3580-TD5.000  hcart2 TLD(0)  DRIVE=2
          /dev/nst1                                                        UP
    6   IBM.ULT3580-TD4.005  hcart  TLD(0)  DRIVE=4
          /dev/nst3                                                        UP
    7   IBM.ULT3580-TD5.001  hcart2 TLD(0)  DRIVE=1
          /dev/nst0                                                        UP

    Change the # of drives to be 2 for each storage unit.

    The real problem though is that your media is defined as DLT and the drives are defined as hcart and hcart2.  These do not match your media type so, you receive the status 96 errors.  See below.

    VOLUME5.0 1001L4 - DLT E01001L4 nbu-media TLD 0 1 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1002L4 - DLT E01002L4 nbu-media TLD 0 2 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1003L4 - DLT E01003L4 nbu-media TLD 0 3 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1004L4 - DLT E01004L4 nbu-media TLD 0 4 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1005L4 - DLT E01005L4 nbu-media TLD 0 5 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1006L4 - DLT E01006L4 nbu-media TLD 0 6 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1007L4 - DLT E01007L4 nbu-media TLD 0 7 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1008L4 - DLT E01008L4 nbu-media TLD 0 8 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1009L4 - DLT E01009L4 nbu-media TLD 0 9 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1010L4 - DLT E01010L4 nbu-media TLD 0 10 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1011L4 - DLT E01011L4 nbu-media TLD 0 11 - 000_00000_TLD Scratch 0 0 - 1302247003 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1012L4 - DLT E01012L4 nbu-media TLD 0 12 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1013L4 - DLT E01013L4 nbu-media TLD 0 13 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1014L4 - DLT E01014L4 nbu-media TLD 0 14 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1015L4 - DLT E01015L4 nbu-media TLD 0 15 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1016L4 - DLT E01016L4 nbu-media TLD 0 16 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1017L4 - DLT E01017L4 nbu-media TLD 0 17 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1018L4 - DLT E01018L4 nbu-media TLD 0 18 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1019L4 - DLT E01019L4 nbu-media TLD 0 19 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1020L4 - DLT E01020L4 nbu-media TLD 0 20 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1030L5 - DLT F01030L5 nbu-media TLD 0 30 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1031L5 - DLT F01031L5 nbu-media TLD 0 31 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1032L5 - DLT F01032L5 nbu-media TLD 0 32 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1033L5 - DLT F01033L5 nbu-media TLD 0 33 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1034L5 - DLT F01034L5 nbu-media TLD 0 34 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1035L5 - DLT F01035L5 nbu-media TLD 0 35 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1036L5 - DLT F01036L5 nbu-media TLD 0 36 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1037L5 - DLT F01037L5 nbu-media TLD 0 37 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1038L5 - DLT F01038L5 nbu-media TLD 0 38 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 1039L5 - DLT F01039L5 nbu-media TLD 0 39 - 000_00000_TLD NetBackup 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 N101L4 - DLT CLN101L4 nbu-media TLD 0 22 - 000_00000_TLD None 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager
    VOLUME5.0 N102L5 - DLT CLN102L5 nbu-media TLD 0 23 - 000_00000_TLD None 0 0 - 1302247004 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 - - 50 - Added by Media Manager

    There are a couple of ways this can be fixed.  Re-inventory the L4 media as hcart media and the L5 media as hcart2.

    CLN101L4 -- also needs to be added a hcart cleaning tape versus a regular data tape, tape CLN102L5 needs to be added as a hcart 2 cleaning tape.

    The other way would be to update the drive types to DLT instead of hcart and hcart2, if you go this route the storage units would need to be changed as well.

    Hope this helps, questions let me know...