Barcode Media ID mismatch
I have been using a media ID generation rule successfully for about a year now. I have just seen a bizarre issue where i was trying to eject a tape from the tape library GUI and couldnt find it - tha...
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From the screenshot NBU has the mediaID 014742 associated to the barcode 014775L7 - so it's 'wrong' but not to NBU if that makes sense. Or in other words, when it loads tape with barcode 014775L7 it expects to find the media ID 014742.
The only option you have, is to either leave it alone, or duplicate the tape then delete the original.
Thank you mph999.
So i have a blank tape with a barcode 014742L7, but that Media ID is already taken, wont that cause confusion? Should i set that asside and get another barcode put onto it and scrap that barcode for good?
Many thanks
stwali005 wrote:
So i have a blank tape with a barcode 014742L7, but that Media ID is already taken, wont that cause confusion? Should i set that asside and get another barcode put onto it and scrap that barcode for good?
Yes, it will cause confusion.
Please show us output of this command in order to give you best possible advise:
nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid 014742
Thanks Marianne:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid 014742
NBEMMCMD, Version: 7.7.3
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Media GUID: 7e5d972f-2b8b-4e89-8233-4f1c4c1ce413
Media ID: 014742
Partner: -
Media Type: HCART
Volume Group: ---
Application: Netbackup
Media Flags: 1
Description: LTO7_starting_with _0
Barcode: 014775L7
Partner Barcode: --------
Last Write Host: lncnbu.domain.com
Created: 17/01/2018 13:32
Time Assigned: 26/02/2018 12:27
First Mount: 26/02/2018 12:41
Last Mount: 23/03/2018 22:04
Volume Expiration: -
Data Expiration: INFINITY
Last Written: 27/02/2018 03:03
Last Read: -
Robot Type: NONE
Robot Control Host: -
Robot Number: -
Slot: -
Side/Face: -
Cleanings Remaining: -
Number of Mounts: 2
Maximum Mounts Allowed: 0
Media Status:
Kilobytes: 5714154888
Images: 335
Valid Images: 335
Retention Period: 9
Number of Restores: 0
Optical Header Size Bytes: 1024
Optical Sector Size Bytes: 0
Optical Partition Size Bytes: 0
Last Header Offset: 22321615
Adamm Guid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Rsm Guid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Origin Host: NONE
Master Host: lncvnb.domain.com
Server Group: NO_SHARING_GROUP
Upgrade Conflicts Flag:
Pool Number: 7
Volume Pool: ENCR_Monthly_Vault
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.Ouch.... Valid images with INFINITY retention.
You will need to follow mph999's advice - duplicate all images on this tape to another tape, then expire and delete 014742.
If you run Inventory after deleting 014742, barcode 014775L7 should then be added as media-id 014775.
You will now need to re-label the tape to overwrite the internal label.I am trying to figure out how this could've happened as this not normal behaviour.
Perhaps incorrect device mappings at some stage?
Or some manually changed barcode label and updated NBU using vmchange?
