Media from a different library after tape drive swap

[fabwhack]

Our HP Autoloader stopped working yesterday, so we've had it swapped under warranty. I've reconfigured the MA to detect the new autoloader and drives, and new backups are working fine.

However, I need to restore data from a few weeks ago, on a tape written by the old drive, and the media is showing up as "media from a different library". I desperately need to restore; how can I access the data on these tapes?

 

[mspope]

Can you export the media then recall it?

 

[Frbutler]

unless you named the new library the EXACT same as the previous unit you will need to run the migrate media option to move the media from one library to the new unit

 

[fabwhack]

@mspope: No, I don't seem to be able to do ANYTHING with the media - load it, export it, anything.

@Frbutler: OK, sounds like a plan - but I can't find the "migrate media" option, could you help please?

 

[fabwhack]

After a bit of clicking about, I found the "Change Data Path" option, which seems to be as close to the migrate function as I'm going to get. I've eventually got all my old tapes showing up under the "Assigned Media" pool for the library, and I can view contents, delete contents etc.

I can't, however, export media, and doing an import/inventory still shows the old tapes in the autoloader as "media from a different library". When doing the inventory process, I get the following event:

Media with barcode [Blind_813] is in the wrong library. Please move media from slot [slot 3] in library [HP 1x8 autoloader] to library [N/A].

Any advice?

 

[Frbutler]

you change the data path from the storage policies.
You highlight all of the media for each storage policy and then select the new library once you hit "Ok"

You need to do this for every storage policy that used the old library.

Thanks,

Frank