In the GUI of the host that controls the ARM, only one can control the arm,
In device monitor, right click on the drive and select reset, that should
Rewind / unload the tape - not move the tape simply set the drive to be able
to eject the tape.
You can eject the tape using the GUI, it will put the tape in the inport
slot, then run the Inventory / update and empty media access to empty the
port.
Eric Ljungblad
Computer Operator
Copley Information Services
Eric.Ljungblad AT copleypress DOT com
(858) 729-8010
-----Original Message-----
From: Hampus Lind [mailto:hampus.lind AT rps.police DOT se]
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 2:30 AM
To: 'veritas-bu'
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Ejecting tapes via Robtest on a split robot
Try:
vmoprcmd -reset <drv index nr> -h <device host>
Regards,
MVH / Hampus Lind
Rikspolisstyrelsen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Weber, Philip" <Philip.Weber AT egg DOT com>
Cc: "'veritas-bu'" <veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:13 AM
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Ejecting tapes via Robtest on a split robot
> Is it OK to do this? I had a feeling it would "confuse" NetBackup or the
> robot to do this, or that it would cause some kind of SCSI reserve problem
> on the drive. Not that I've tested it out or researched this, but
> potentially I could have the same problem with split robot.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rob Worman [mailto:rob AT worman DOT org]
> Sent: 04 November 2004 14:52
> To: Marx, Keath
> Cc: veritas-bu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Ejecting tapes via Robtest on a split robot
>
>
> are these hosts running Unix?
>
> if so, then you can request an unload via the 'mt' command
> run on a host that is connected to the tape drive in question,
> like so:
>
> # mt -f /dev/rmt/X offline
> (where X is some number that represents the tape drive,
> as reported by 'tpconfig -d')
>
> see also http://support.veritas.com/docs/188520
>
> HTH
> rob
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 04, 2004 at 09:24:20AM -0500 or thereabouts, Marx, Keath
> wrote:
>> I am trying to unload some tapes from a robot that has 2 drives
> connected
>> to 1 host and 2 drives on another. Robtest on the server that
>> controls
>> the robot shows the 4 drives but I cannot issue an unload command to
>> drives 3 and 4. If I run robtest on the machine with those 2 drives
>> it
>> tells me there is no locally controlled robot. How can I issue the
> unload
>> command to those drives?
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