Unassigned media

[marcymarc]

I have media in a robot which is assigned to our offsite media pool (called LTO) but there is no assigned date on the media. See below...

media ID: SU2747
media type: 1/2" cartridge tape (6)
barcode: SU2747
media description: LTO Tape
volume pool: Scratch (7)
robot type: TLD - Tape Library DLT (8)
robot number: 0
robot slot: 6
robot control host: stvsxxxxx03.xxxx.co.uk
volume group: 00_000_TLD
vault name: ---
vault sent date: ---
vault return date: ---
vault slot: ---
vault session id: ---
vault container id: -
created: Wed Jul 27 15:08:25 2005
assigned: ---
last mounted: Fri Mar 03 23:38:19 2006
first mount: Fri Jul 29 01:31:59 2005
expiration date: ---
number of mounts: 16
max mounts allowed: ---
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The media is in the library and won't eject using the normal move command. It looks like the problem is with the tape devices on the media server not being seen properly by the OS. My question is how do I unassign the media again back to scratch? None of the tapes have valid images on so it can't be the bpexpdate command. Any help appreicated.
-Marc

 

[comtec17]

Ummm, the volume pool this is in is "Scratch(7)" as shown above.


media ID: SU2747
media type: 1/2" cartridge tape (6)
barcode: SU2747
media description: LTO Tape
volume pool: Scratch (7)

 

[marcymarc]

Wrong example....

media ID: SU0400
media type: 1/2" cartridge tape (6)
barcode: SU0400
media description: LTO Tape
volume pool: LTO (3)
robot type: TLD - Tape Library DLT (
robot number: 0
robot slot: 56
robot control host: stvsxxxxxx.xxxx.co.uk
volume group: 00_000_TLD
vault name: ---
vault sent date: ---
vault return date: ---
vault slot: ---
vault session id: ---
vault container id: -
created: Wed Aug 20 12:36:12 2003
assigned: ---
last mounted: Sun Apr 16 03:27:10 2006
first mount: Sun Aug 24 22:56:40 2003
expiration date: ---
number of mounts: 69
max mounts allowed: ---

 

[Stumpr]

If a tape is NOT assigned, then the data on the tape has expired. If you want to access the data for a restore, then you will have to do an import. If you no longer need the expired data, then you can simply move the tape into the scratch pool for re-use.

Note: Netbackup will automatically change the tape back to its original pool when all images expire. It appears as if the tape was initially added to NetBackup in the LTO pool and not into the scratch pool.



Bob Stump
Just because the VERITAS documentation states a certain thing does not make it a fact and that is truth.

 

[marcymarc]

You move the tape using vmchange right?

 

[Stumpr]

To associate volume with a different pool
vmchange [-h <volume_database_host>]
-p <pool_number> -m <media_id>


Bob Stump
Just because the VERITAS documentation states a certain thing does not make it a fact and that is truth.