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Issues with NDMP backups leaving media in drives.

jim_dalton
Level 6

Hi all

Ive implemented NDMP from netapp filer ontap 8.0.3 (approx!) with directly fibre attached HP LTO4 drives that are in an HP MSL8048 robot , managed by a windows media server running 7.1 under w2008r2. Most of the time things just work but occasionally ( mostly when theres noone around) we see that having done a backup, the tape isnt dismounted from the drive correctly. We arrive in the morning, we are a drive down, the tape last used by a job is sitll in the drive and everythings backed up ...as in queued. I wish it were backed up.

To resolve I just issue a dismount via the HP webgui ,out comes the tape , I up the drive and life continues but I need to fix the problem so it dismounts correctly and consistently.

Master server is solaris, 7504.

Any ideas, or experience out there?

Thanks in advance,Jim

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jim_dalton
Level 6

I should add the media server also controls 2 drives attached to itself and works fine.

mph999 hints Ontap has issues unloading....I'm all ears!

Jim