12-11-2017 11:31 PM
Hi everybody ,
we have one HP MSL 8096 which has two LTO 5 Drives and recently we added two LTO 6 drives to this library .I have created new storage unit and edited my policies to use these LTO 6 drives ( which added to new storage unit ) but none of my policies use this storage unit.
all of our tapes are LTO 5 and I know that LTO 6 drives can read and write on LTO 5 tapes.
so my issue is , I can not use my LTO 6 drives.
Thanks .
Kasra Hashemi.
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12-12-2017 09:31 AM
12-12-2017 11:34 PM
Oh, you only showed us STU group config, not individual Storage Units ('bpstulist -L' will be better than screenshots.)
Anyway, until you have LTO6 tapes (hcart3), forget about hcart3 drives and STU. Use everything as hcart2.
Remember to increase the amount of drives in hcart2 STU.
12-12-2017 12:37 AM
With what error jobs are failing for the polocies that are configured with new STU (LTO6) ?
DeepS
12-12-2017 12:37 AM
You have to take note of the drive type of the new storage unit (HCART, HCART2, etc). If it is not the same as the LTO5 drive type, it will not be used as your media would also be of a different media type (HCART, HCART2, etc).
12-12-2017 02:14 AM
@Deepsthe error is : " unable to allocate new media for backup , storage unit has none available (96) "
but we have enough tapes in scratch pool.
thanks for reply
12-12-2017 02:19 AM
@RB-Infinitelymy LTO6 Drives are HCART3 and LTO5 Drives are HCART2
I have changed the drive type , but my policies didn't work.
Thanks for reply.
12-12-2017 02:41 AM
Can you confirm that you changed the LTO6 drive type to match the LTO5's (hcart2)?
If so, please explain what " my policies didn't work " means?
Did you increase the number of drives in the Storage Unit config?
12-12-2017 03:20 AM
OK so does your media list show HCART3 media available in the Robot? Or are all your media HCART2?
12-12-2017 03:29 AM
To troubleshoot status 96:
Please check density of ALL components needed for backup:
In NBU, ALL densities MUST match. Anything different will cause status 96.
12-12-2017 09:03 AM
Can you confirm that you changed the LTO6 drive type to match the LTO5's (hcart2)?
yes , I changed the LTO6 to HCART2 , But nothing happend. so I changed it back to HCART3.
explain what " my policies didn't work " means?
I meant that after changing Drive type nothing happend and I got same error.
Did you increase the number of drives in the Storage Unit config?
Yes , I did.
12-12-2017 09:10 AM
does your media list show HCART3 media available in the Robot? Or are all your media HCART2?
All media are HCART2 , please take a look at the picture attached.
thanks for your reply.
12-12-2017 09:31 AM
12-12-2017 11:17 AM
Thanks for helping me, I've just changed my HCART3 Drives to HCART2 , but I have some policies running , and as you know changing drive types needs the services to be restarted , so I will inform you as soon as my jobs finish.
Thanks So much for such great availability and patiency.
Kasra
12-12-2017 11:34 PM
Oh, you only showed us STU group config, not individual Storage Units ('bpstulist -L' will be better than screenshots.)
Anyway, until you have LTO6 tapes (hcart3), forget about hcart3 drives and STU. Use everything as hcart2.
Remember to increase the amount of drives in hcart2 STU.