01-18-2012 09:26 AM
Hi
I am running NetBackup 6.5.4 on a Windows Server 2008 (64bits) server.
I am testing a Disaster Recovery solution. Usually I have a Robotic Library attached to my Master server. When I add new tapes or when I need to do a restore I just run the Inventory Robot so NetBackup knows which tapes are in
Now I installed a new Ultirium 3000 SAS drive on my master. I want to use that to read my catalogue backup in the event that I can't use my robotic library
I installed the new drive and I ran the Configure Storage Wizard.
Now I am stuck and I don't know what to do next. How can I tell NetBackup to go read my catalogue tape that is present in the new drive? Since the new drive is not a robot (it's a standalone) I don't see it as an option when I use the inventory robot utility.
Thanks in advance
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01-19-2012 05:12 AM
When you try the restore (assume you mean a catalog recovery) the status of the job will say something like "pending mount request"
Go into device monitor and in the bottom pane you will see a pending request.
Drag the request onto the standalone drive two panes above it to satisfy the request
This tells NetBackup that the tape in the drive relates to your request and it should start to read it
Hope this helps
01-18-2012 10:03 AM
01-18-2012 08:15 PM
After you get media id of the tape following Martin's post, just add it into NetBackup manually.
Open [Media and Device Management]-[Media], click add volumes icon, and enter media id that you have checked by vmoprcmd. Robot type must be NONE for standalone drives.
01-19-2012 05:04 AM
Thanks for your reply guys
When I run vmoprcmd I got this:
Device Name Label Ready RecMID ExtMID Wr.Enbl Type
Host Drive Path Status
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HP.ULTRIUM5-SCSI.000 No Yes Yes hcart2
MyMasterServer {3,0,5,0} AVR
I tried to run a restore from the tape that is currently in the standalone drive and NetBackup is waiting for the tape forever. For some reason, NetBackup don't know that the tape is in the standalone drive
Thanks
01-19-2012 05:12 AM
When you try the restore (assume you mean a catalog recovery) the status of the job will say something like "pending mount request"
Go into device monitor and in the bottom pane you will see a pending request.
Drag the request onto the standalone drive two panes above it to satisfy the request
This tells NetBackup that the tape in the drive relates to your request and it should start to read it
Hope this helps
01-19-2012 05:19 AM
Once the tape is in the drive, it will take a short time before it is detected.
If you load the tape and then run vmoprmd, you may not see the tape id.
It says wr. enbl (yes) - so I think the tape is in the drive.
What should happen, is that after 30-40 seconds, the header is read on the tape and you will see the media id in the vmoprcmd output, like in this example :
I load a tape and run vmoprcmd straight away ....
Drive Name Label Ready RecMID ExtMID Wr.Enbl. Type
01-19-2012 09:20 AM
When I tried the what Mark_solution suggested NetBackup was able to start reading the tape.
I was able to successfully import my catalog and test my DR solution
Thanks a lot!