Re: [Networker] Fw: Recover can't find volume after "scanner -m"?

EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
05/01/2008 03:13:48 AM:

>  I think the problem here is that it's not got into the library's
> inventory, depends on how you got that tape into the drive in the first
> place... Perhaps the device you are using for scanner is owned by pools
> other than the one the tape should be in...

No, the pool that the tape is in, is assigned to the tape drive where I 
did the "scanner -m". I see the tape in the media db, in the Management 
Console.

> After the scanner command try one of these two things:
> 
> 1.  mount the tape manually...      nsrmm -m -f <device>
> 
> 2.  inventory the slot the volume was loaded from....      Nsrjb -I -S
> <slotnum>

Uhhmm what? If I mount the tape, it won't be in the slot to be 
inventoried. I'm confused. I can mount the tape normally, using the 
Management Console. 

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> > [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of MIchael Leone
> > Sent: Thursday, 1 May 2008 12:27 AM
> > To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> > Subject: [Networker] Fw: Recover can't find volume after "scanner -m"?
> > 
> > > Win2003 SP2, NW 7.4.2
> > > 
> > > So I have an old tape, no indexes on tape. I need a set of files off
> > > this tape (I know the exact names I want). Problem - tape volume is 
> > > *not* listed in media db (dunno why - inadvertently erased?).
> > > 
> > > Anyways, I do a "scanner -v -m <device>", and then it loads back 
> > > into the media db. I go to the client, and do a "saveset" recover, 
> > > using the GUI client. I choose the proper date of the saveset; I 
> > > specify the particular files I want; I re-direct the files to a 
> > > holding directory. "Required volumes" shows me the volume I just 
> > > scanned in. All things I've done before.
> > > 
> > > I load and mount the tape, and tell the recover to start. And it 
> > > tells me the server can't find the volume. ...
> > > 
> > > Volume does show in the media db. Volume shows in drive (with the 
> > > proper volume label). I can view the savesets on the volume, and 
> > > there is the backup of the drive I am trying to recover from.
> > > 
> > > It *should* Just Work, yes?
> > > 
> > > So I missed something. But what?
> 
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