02-29-2016 07:39 AM
This particular tape drive is not showing any drives loaded and the Ready column shows NO
/vmdareq -display
HP.ULTRIUM4-SCSI.003 - AVAILABLE
bellows SCAN_HOST UP
scooter UP
fozzie UP
HP.ULTRIUM4-SCSI.004 - AVAILABLE
bellows SCAN_HOST UP
scooter UP
fozzie UP
HP.ULTRIUM4-SCSI.005 - RESERVED on Mon Feb 29 06:07:54 2016
bellows UP
scooter UP
fozzie UP
I dont know a thing about tape drives and all of the link in symantec/ veritas site point to old web pages that no longer work.
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02-29-2016 07:49 AM
It look OK from my point of view. When READY = NO it means there is no tape loaded in the tape drive.
There could be a configuration issues if the drive NEVER get loaded with tape. Take a look in backup prime time
02-29-2016 07:49 AM
It look OK from my point of view. When READY = NO it means there is no tape loaded in the tape drive.
There could be a configuration issues if the drive NEVER get loaded with tape. Take a look in backup prime time
02-29-2016 07:54 AM
Bous info - FYI:
When no backup are running (at all) , issue this command:
# nbrbutil -resetAll
see tech note:
http://www.veritas.com/docs/000031067
This command will delete old resource allocation not released - if any. Old resource allocation does not get deleted automatic - not even when server is rebooted.
02-29-2016 08:27 AM
You may find that a ape has actually been left in the drive, even though it is not "loaded"
Try using robtest to see if there is a tape there and move it back to a slot
\volmgr\bin\robtest
select the TLD number
s d (will Show Drives"
If there is a tape in that drive use
s s (to show slots .. and find and empty one)
m d2 s7 (to move tape from Drive 2 to Slot 7)
q
q (to exit)
The drive should then UP (as i see it is mixed at the moment)
Then run an inventory update to get NBU up to date
See if that helps
02-29-2016 08:50 PM
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