07-26-2012 04:00 PM
I recently ran into an issue regarding scanning tape to build a catalog in NetBackup.
It appears LT04 tapes are scanned left to right and truncate the last two characters on the right and LT05 tapes scan right to left and truncated the last two characters on the left.
I couldn't build a catalog with both LT04 and LT05 tapes due to this issue.
NetBackup only allows one rule to be developed at a time.
I had to dismount the LT04 tapes and build a separate catalog for the LT05s, then reverse the process for LT04s.
Anyone run into this problem and has anyone solved this problem?
-Geezer in Seattle
07-26-2012 04:36 PM
07-27-2012 12:10 AM
NBU works with whatever the robot sees and reports to NBU.
Some robots report the 1st 6 characters only and others all 8.
NBU default is to store the last 6 characters.
You can create Media I'd geneneration rules for each robot. Detailed info in NBU Admin Guide I.
07-27-2012 05:11 AM
Check your vm.conf for MEDIA_ID_BARCODE_CHARS there you will how many characters you are taking.