(96) Unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none av

[jon4crm]

I just installed netbackup 5.1 on my environment. I have a DLT and 4mm cartridge standalone drives on my server. I have on my backup domain 1 unix server and 3 win clients. I have tested backup of the installation individually on each client and I was able to backup to the drives.

I have created some policies and scheduled it to run but they displayed error 96, unable to allocate new media for backup, storage unit has none available. The unix server policy backed up but the clients gave the error 96.

When I ran same policies to backup to disk, they were successful. Reason being that disk storage policy attribute doesnt have storage unit. I believe my problem has something to do with storage unit, media or volume pool.

When I ran /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/goodies/available_media, I found out that all the media are active. There is no one available for backup. Probably thats where the error is coming from.

My question is, how can I make media available for backup if this is the problem. I have put new media into the drive but I still got same error. How can I configure media and have them available for backup? How was the other media active and when I put new media, I didnt know how and where to configure it available. On subsequent scheduled backups, how do I make new media (tapes) available instead of active.

Guys I need you help. Thanks in advance.

 

[kendas]

how can i run a script that removes all the tape in my library from media manager so that backup will not fail?

 

[jon4crm]

Lenski,

If I got you correct, did you say unix and windows backup can go to same tape. If they cannot then, that is where the problem is. I am backing up the servers unix servers with their policy and windows servers with their own policies too but all are backing up to same tape media.

I have only one standalone on my Master/Media server with a mixture of unix and windows as clients. Unix and Windows are having different backup policies, backing up to same tape media. If both unix and windows backup cant go to same tape media, then that is the problem. I am attempting backing up all to same tape media

But confirm if they can backup to same tape media

 

[lenski]

Sorry I don't know for sure, having never actully tested it but that is my understanding you can not mix SUN and NT on the same media.