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available_media script incorrectly lists a volume's status as DBBACKUP

faridux
Level 4
Certified

Hello,

I would like to submit a problem I meet with one of my masters (Solaris 7.5.0.6)

in this domain there is one master (Solaris 7.5.0.6) and one media server (Windows 2K8 7.5.0.6)

My problem is that the tapes used by the media server are always shown with a DBBACKUP status in the available_media  script output

After checking the available_media in detail first, it appears that if a tape is not found in bpmedialist -mlist -l output, available_media will display a DBBACKUP status for this particular tape

here is an example of the error with a specific tape B08121 I have

master:/root# available_media | grep B08121
B08121  HCART3   TLD      0       94      -       -          -   DBBACKUP
 

master:/root# bpmedialist -mlist -l | grep B08121
master:/root#
master:/root# bpmedialist -mlist -l -h mediaserver | grep B08121
B08121 *NULL* 1 20 1383930105 1384451940 1388080740 0 967744941 54 54 3 5 0 512 1024 0 15121157 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

master:/root# bpmedialist -ev B08121
requested media id is not assigned to this host in the EMM database
master:/root# bpmedialist -ev B08121 -h mediaserver
Server Host = mediaserver

 id     rl  images   allocated        last updated      density  kbytes restores
           vimages   expiration       last read         <------- STATUS ------->
           On Hold
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B08121   3     54   11/08/2013 18:01  11/14/2013 18:59  hcart3   967744941     0
              MPX   12/26/2013 18:59        N/A
           0

master:/root# nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid B08121
NBEMMCMD, Version: 7.5.0.6
====================================================================
Media GUID:                     01894a58-8bb0-11e0-8000-e92b37c63adb
Media ID:                       B08121
Partner:                        -
Media Type:                     HCART3
Volume Group:                   000_00000_TLD
Application:                    Netbackup
Media Flags:                    1
Description:                    Added by Media Manager
Barcode:                        B08121
Partner Barcode:                --------
Last Write Host:                mediaserver
Created:                        05/31/2011 16:01
Time Assigned:                  11/08/2013 18:01
First Mount:                    07/12/2011 20:52
Last Mount:                     11/14/2013 19:04
Volume Expiration:              -
Data Expiration:                12/26/2013 18:59
Last Written:                   11/14/2013 18:59
Last Read:                      -
Robot Type:                     TLD
Robot Control Host:             master
Robot Number:                   0
Slot:                           94
Side/Face:                      -
Cleanings Remaining:            -
Number of Mounts:               92
Maximum Mounts Allowed:         0
Media Status:                   MPX
Kilobytes:                      967744941
Images:                         54
Valid Images:                   54
Retention Period:               3
Number of Restores:             0
Optical Header Size Bytes:      1024
Optical Sector Size Bytes:      0
Optical Partition Size Bytes:   0
Last Header Offset:             15121157
Adamm Guid:                     00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Rsm Guid:                       00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Origin Host:                    NONE
Master Host:                    master
Server Group:                   NO_SHARING_GROUP
Upgrade Conflicts Flag:
Pool Number:                    5
Volume Pool:                    Production
Previous Pool Name:             SCRATCH
Vault Flags:                    -
Vault Container:                -
Vault Name:                     -
Vault Slot:                     -
Session ID:                     -
Date Vaulted:                   -
Return Date:                    -
Media on Hold:                  0
====================================================================
Command completed successfully.
 

I had a look at the technote TECH6059, but it is not relevant, the correction is already in place

Is there any workaround to get these tapes taken into account by the available_media script  during bpmedialist -mlist -l on the master?

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revarooo
Level 6
Employee

Just for your information, available_media is listed in the goodies directory and thus is not an officially supported command. You will not see it listed in the NetBackup Commands Guide.

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Stumpr2
Level 6

Did you try to remove the media from emm?

Usage: vmdelete [-h <EMM_server> | <volume_database_host>]
[-m <media_id> | -v <volume_group>]
 

 

faridux
Level 4
Certified

Thank you for you reply

No I didn't, and it does not work

master:/root# vmdelete -h maser -m B08121
cannot delete assigned volume (92)

This is normal, the tape contains data written by the media server that expire next 26th of December.

I can see the tape has active through the nbemmcmd, the EMM is aware then I guess

the problem is with the available_media script, it uses the command: bpmedialist -mlist -l

and the tapes used by the media server are not listed with this command.

I have updated available_media script to run below command instead and it works fine:

bpmedialist -mlist -l -h master -h mediaserver

master:/root# available_media | grep B08121
B08121  HCART3   TLD      0       94      -       3  967744941  ACTIVE/MPX
 

But this is just a workaround, and I would like to understand the root cause of the problem

 

 

smurphy
Level 4
Employee Certified

Typically a volume will be flagged as dbbackup when available_media cannot get an accurate status.  A default, so to speak.

This has been seen when the owning media server or Last Write Host cannot be contacted or had been decommissioned incorrectly.  Worst-case scenario is mediadb corruption in EMM.

It might be worth your while to run the NBCC utility and create a Support case to have the results analyzed and potentially a NBCCR repair run.  Check out:

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH67840

RamNagalla
Moderator
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Partner    VIP    Certified

looking into admin and bpdbm logs might give some hint

enable the admin and bpdbm logs with Verobse 5 and run the command 

bpmedialist -ev B08121

then look into the logs for some hint

faridux
Level 4
Certified

Hi, thank you

Sorry for my late reply, I will follow your instructions and keep you posted

revarooo
Level 6
Employee

Just for your information, available_media is listed in the goodies directory and thus is not an officially supported command. You will not see it listed in the NetBackup Commands Guide.

faridux
Level 4
Certified

Hi Revaroo, I agree availble_media script is just an addon tool (very useful by the way)

My concern was more with the bpmedialist command in general (why the -h is mandatory in certain case)

I ran a NBCC but it gave me no error, and nothing wrong found in the admin nor bpdbm logs

This is not a blocking point I have updated the availble_media script and it works fine for me in this case

Thank you all for your support