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down a drive when in use?

h_m
Level 6

‎04-23-2007 03:50 AM

Hello all.

Can anyone verify that you can down a tape drive even if it contains a tape which is being written to?

Thanks,

h m

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h_m
Level 6

‎04-23-2007 06:12 AM

I know it will not allow a down in NBU 6, but I'm wondering if it will in NBU 4.5.
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Rakesh_Khandelw
Level 6

‎04-23-2007 07:18 PM

If tape is currently in use, means NetBackup if NetBackup is reading or writing then you can't change status on drive but if you have tape stuck in Drive then you can by simply usinng vmoprcmd command..
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Zainal_Arifin
Level 3

‎04-23-2007 07:53 PM

Hello h m,

Are you use single Master server or shared storage options?.

Regards

Zainal
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h_m
Level 6

‎04-24-2007 01:51 AM

Hi,

SSO is in use and the drives are shared between 3 media servers.

I am sure I managed to down a drive which was being written to with NBU 4.5, but I'm not 100% sure.
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Stumpr2
Level 6

‎04-24-2007 03:31 AM

I wanted to down a drive once and NetBackup wouldn't let me because the drive was in use....so I pulled the data plug off! guess what...It got I/O errors and downed the drive Smiley Wink
 
Oh...I don't recommend doing this. I did it at my own peril.
 
 

Message Edited by Bob Stump on 04-24-200706:32 AM

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