Change Tape Drive Name

[Volker_Spies1]

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

[revarooo · Accepted solution]

Change the drive on the media server. You can do it in the GUI or use tpconfig

(Update drive)

   tpconfig -update -drive <drvindex>

            [-type <drvtype>] [-path <drivepath>]

            [-nh <ndmp_hostname>] [-noverify]

            [-vhname <optical_volume_header_drive_name>]

            [-newasciiname <asciidrvname>] [-shared [yes|no]]

            [-cleanfreq <hours>] [-comment <comment>]

            [-drstatus UP|DOWN|DISABLED] [-robot <robnum> -robtype <robtype>]

            [-robdrnum <robdrvnum> | -VendorDrvName <vendor_drive_name>]

            [-ACS <acsnum> -LSM <lsmnum> -PANEL <panelnum> -DRIVE <drivenum>]

tpconfig -update -drive <drv index> -newasciiname <name>

that should do it - give it a try.

You will need to restart media manager once done

[Volker_Spies1]

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

[revarooo]

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

[Volker_Spies1]

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

[Marianne]

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.

[RonCaplinger]

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.