04-16-2013 03:08 AM
Hi,
I have 2 tape libraries wich 10 drives each. The NBU wizard did the configuration and now I'm able to use these 20 drives.
the drives are names Drive000 -> Drive019, unfortunately the drives are mixed up, so Drive000 is Drive 5 in library 1, Drive001 is Drrive 8 in lib 2 etc.
In device monitor I can see wich drives has tapes loaded, but I have to match serial numbers or use tpconfig to get what actual drive in the lib has the tape. So I would likte to change the drivename seen in device monitor to something I that matches. Like rename Drive000 to Lib1_Drive5.
Can I simply change the names of he drives via GUI? Do I have to change it on all media servers, or only on the master? Do I have to delete the drives and use the wizard again?
I did a search in the forumes but that brought up many different comments.
So maybe someone that did this alredy has an advice?
Best regrads
Volker
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04-16-2013 03:21 AM
Change the drive on the media server. You can do it in the GUI or use tpconfig
04-16-2013 03:21 AM
Change the drive on the media server. You can do it in the GUI or use tpconfig
04-16-2013 05:59 AM
Hi revaroo,
ok thanks.
I have a SSO environment with ~30 media servers that share those drives. Is there a way to change the name on all Media servers at once, or do I have to change the name one by one? Can the drive have different namens on different media servers?
I hope the drive name is not used to do any sort of drive locking? So when I change the ascii name, the funktionality is the same without rescanning or reconfiguring the drives?
Volker
04-16-2013 07:01 AM
Name should be the same across all the media servers if SSO.
Remember it's just a logical name, it does matter if drive index 0 is for drive001 and drive index 1 is for drive000
04-17-2013 07:29 AM
Hi revaroo,
ok, now I'm confused.
When I habe a look at only two of my media servers and only 1 Drive and I do a tpconfig -d
Server1 shows:
Drive Name Drive000
Index 0
SCSI coordinates {1,0,0,0}
Type hcart2
Status UP
SCSI Protection SR (Global)
Shared Access Yes
TLD(0) Definition DRIVE=1
Serial Number F002566001
Server2 shows
Drive Name Drive000
Index 4
SCSI coordinates {2,0,2,0}
Type hcart2
Status UP
SCSI Protection SR (Global)
Shared Access Yes
TLD(0) Definition DRIVE=1
Serial Number F002566001
As you can see the Drive Name is the same but the Drive index is different.
Is that ok? I checked a few servers and the index is different an almost all drives and all servers.
Thanks.
Volker
04-25-2013 06:35 AM
Sorry - we missed your last question.
Yes, index numbers can be different on media servers.
What is important is that drive name, drive # in robot and serial # matches.
04-25-2013 07:02 AM
The "Configure Storage Devices" wizard would make this easier, I think. Just delete all the tape drives, then run the wizard and select "Configure Drive Name Rules". You would want to use the "robot number' and "drive position", I think, and customize the text the way you want it.