Networker

Re: [Networker] Linux Tape Drive Re-Ordering Issue

2010-11-09 12:55:58
Subject: Re: [Networker] Linux Tape Drive Re-Ordering Issue
From: Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT UVM DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 12:54:59 -0500
Perhaps this is brand new in 7.5sp3 -- I skipped from 7.4sp5 direct to 7.5sp3.  
Yes, I'm
running my servers on Linux (Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 32bit and v5 64bit).


On 11/9/10 12:29 PM, Len Philpot wrote:
>> You have to perform a scan for new devices from the NMC on the system
>> > that sees the robotics of the jukebox and then wait about 5 minutes for
>> > NetWorker to figure out that the serial number of the drive has changed.
>
> Is this a Linux-only bug? I've replaced two drives since we upgraded from 
> 7.2 to 7.5.1 and haven't encountered this, but it's been on Solaris 9 / 
> SPARC.
> 

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