Hello there,
I have the following issue, maybe you guys could help me on this.
The situation is as follows:
VMWare ESX 3.0.1 server with a HP LTO3 Ultrium drive connected through SCSI.
On the ESX server a virtual machine with Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2.
Installed on the windows server is Netbackup 6.5.2A.
Configured in NBU is the LTO drive as a standalone device with drive type HCART3.
I have created new volumes in the Volume Pool "Day" with the name DT01, DT02 etc.
When i insert an empty (new) LTO3 cartridge and uses the Label optionwith rightmouse click on the new volume it creates a new label for me on the tape.
Here is the status log from the activity monitor:
19-11-2008 17:03:03 - begin Label19-11-2008 17:03:03 - started process bplabel (704)19-11-2008 17:03:04 - requesting resource Day:DT0319-11-2008 17:03:06 - awaiting resource Day:DT03 A pending request has been generated for this resource request. Operator action may be required. Pending Action: No action., Media ID: DT03, Barcode: , Density: qscsi, Access Mode: N/A, Action Drive Name: 20, Action Media Server: 87, Robot Number: N/A, Robot Type: NONE, Volume Group: N/A, Action Acs: 0, Action Lsm: ---19-11-2008 17:03:30 - granted resource DT0319-11-2008 17:03:30 - granted resource LTO319-11-2008 17:03:39 - mounting DT0319-11-2008 17:03:41 - mounted; mount time: 00:00:0219-11-2008 17:03:47 - labeling DT0319-11-2008 17:03:49 - labeled DT03; label time: 00:00:0219-11-2008 17:03:49 - end Label; elapsed time: 00:00:46the requested operation was successfully completed(0)
After the label process i expect that the Recorded Media ID should be visible in the Device Monitor.
When i use the vmoprcmd command after the label process i get the following output:
DRIVE STATUSDrive Name Label Ready RecMID ExtMID Wr.Enbl. Type Host DrivePath Status=============================================================================LTO3 No Yes Yes hcart3 dclfs1 {2,0,15,0} AVR DRIVE STATUSDrive Name Label Ready RecMID ExtMID Wr.Enbl. Type Host DrivePath Status=============================================================================LTO3 No Yes Yes hcart3 dclfs1 {2,0,15,0} AVR
As you can see there is no Label.
I use the latest drivers for the tape unit from HP StoragWorks.
Any suggestions anyone?
Greetings Roland Duursma
The Netherlands
