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Auto Generate Media ID

Mohd_Azmi
Level 2
The problem exist since yesterday. Everytime I update Inventory Robot, the system will auto generate A0000x even though there is no physical tape inside the tape drive.
The "x" number will keep increasing each time I do the inventory update.
Can anybody help me coz I don't want to keep deleting auto generating media id.
Thank you.
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MayurS
Level 6
Hi,
Your's is a standalone environment ?
WHen you insert tape in the drive what doyou see in the device monitor Under the columns "Extrernal Media ID" "Recorded Media ID" ?
If you are getting the value as A0000X under these columns then change the label of the media in the drive by the command
bplabel -m -d
(Note :- any backups on the media will be lost)

If i am not wrong the ID couldn't be autogenerated unless there is no physical tape in the drive. The id is autogenerated if there is no ID assigned to the media.

I hope i got your question right

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Yasuhisa_Ishika
Level 6
Partner Accredited Certified
Is there any tape not labeled with barcode in your tape libary? Or if labeled, tape library sometimes recognize as unlabeled. Check LCD, or output of "vmcheckxxx -rh -rt -rn ".

MayurS
Level 6
Hi,
Are you having a Tape Library Unit or Standalone drive ?
If you have a Tape library then is it having bar-code reader ?

Mohd_Azmi
Level 2
thanks for the reply.
i'm having tape library unit with a bar-code reader. all this while, everything work fine. that's why i don't u/stand, why the system always generate A0000x+1 for the slot which is no physical tape inside that slot.
Eg. Slot1 to 6 - there is a tapes.
Slot 7 - no physical tape.
when I update the inv. robot, then A0000x+1 will logically assigned to Slot7.
and one more thing, it only happen on Netbackup pool.

MayurS
Level 6
Strange!!! This need not happen.
If there is no tape in the slot then NB should not generate a media-ID

What happens if you insert a tape in the slot7 ?

Mohd_Azmi
Level 2
then A0000x+1 will be generated for the Slot8. funny isn't it?