Networker

Re: [Networker] Volume name/barcode mismatch

2007-06-15 03:08:23
Subject: Re: [Networker] Volume name/barcode mismatch
From: Tom <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 17:03:43 -0700
Thanks all! I got it working.

Peter got me on the right track. Running nsrjb showed me that a couple of the 
drives were still mismatched. It was something like:

drive 1 (\\.\Tape0) slot 19: 005115L3 (mounted)
drive 2 (\\.\Tape1) slot 10: 005106L3 (mounted)
drive 3 (\\.\Tape4) slot 96: 005172L3 (mounted)
drive 4 (\\.\Tape3) slot 88: 005173L3 (mounted)
drive 5 (\\.\Tape2) slot 95: 005176L3 (mounted)

I had deleted all the drives out and readded them previously, but they readded 
incorrectly. This time I tried deleting all the drives out, stopped and 
restarted the Networker services, then readded them. After doing that the nsrjb 
returned the correct results:

drive 1 (\\.\Tape0) slot 19: 005115L3 (mounted)
drive 2 (\\.\Tape1) slot 101: 005106L3 (mounted)
drive 3 (\\.\Tape2) slot 96: 005172L3 (mounted)
drive 4 (\\.\Tape3) slot 88: 005173L3 (mounted)
drive 5 (\\.\Tape4) slot 95: 005176L3 (mounted)

Yeah! Apparently it made a difference to delete all the drives out AND stop and 
restart the Networker services before readding the drives back in.

I then did a complete inventory of all the tapes. That corrected nearly all the 
tapes, but not all of them.

I had about 5 tapes in the tape library that weren't in Networker's database 
yet. Those tapes did the same type of mismatches as before:

Tape 1, volume name 2021, barcode 2132 
Tape 2, volume name 2246, barcode 2154 
etc.

But it was only those tapes. I then labeled these tapes (they weren't in 
Networker's database yet anyways). After doing that, they took and kept their 
correct names/barcodes.

I've let it run a few days to make sure it didn't revert back. It hasn't. So 
it's fixed! Yippee.

Thanks again.

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