Inventory Everytime?

[golilang]

Hey All,

I am using an StorageTek L700 tape library with 9840 scsi tape drives. O/S is solaris 7 on a E4500.

I am working on a menu driven program to make life easier for our operations dept. Basically controls for tape librarians to eject, label, deposit, etc.

The issue that I have is when I deposit a tape that is already in the media index I still have to inventory the tape before it is recognized by networker. Is there a problem or should I have it inventory each slot after deposit?

 

[MoshiachNow]

Hi,

Normally if the JBX have a bar code reader and is supported by Legato - Legato will read the BAr-CODE from JBX and will not inventory the tape.

Check the availability/readiness of your bar code reader (if exists). "Long live king Moshiach !"
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[golilang]

Yes the Jukebox does have a barcode reader and is enabled. Barcode matching is also enabled.

Tapes that have been inventoried or labeled do not have to be physically mounted and verified, but are not recognized by nsrjb -C after I deposit them. I must inventory those slots (nsrjb -I -S <slot>) and at that point the tape is recoginzed.

 

[Chapter11]

I have a similar situation with my 3494 (with barcode reading and matching).

You have to minimally do an &quot;nsrjb -a -T ${BARCODE}&quot; to add the tape to the silo - merely sticking the tape in the silo doesn't inform Networker that the tape is in there. You might also want to update the tape's location via &quot;mmlocate&quot; to be your silo instead of whatever it is before.

My scripts do the nsrjb -a followed by an nsrjb -I anyway, but I toss the whole matter into an atjob so it gets backgrounded and I no longer have to worry about it.

 

[Chapter11]

I have a similar situation with my 3494 (with barcode reading and matching).

You have to minimally do an &quot;nsrjb -a -T ${BARCODE}&quot; to add the tape to the silo - merely sticking the tape in the silo doesn't inform Networker that the tape is in there. You might also want to update the tape's location via &quot;mmlocate&quot; to be your silo instead of whatever it is before.

My scripts do the nsrjb -a followed by an nsrjb -I anyway, but I toss the whole matter into an atjob so it gets backgrounded and I no longer have to worry about it.

 

[adkissoncc]

Do you have AutoMedia Management enabled?? If not, you'll always have to nsrjb -I the volume after a deposit.

 

[Chapter11]

I don't use auto media management, and shouldn't since I share my silo with another platform. I use 4 of the 6 drives, and the AS/400 guy has each of the remaining two attached to his 400's.

 

[golilang]

Auto media management is enabled. As for the nsrjb -a we don't currently use Legato Smart Media. After trying and reading the man on nsrjb -a command it seems that it is a smart media function.

At any point I still run into the good ol * when depositing tapes.