Using current media pool w/new job

[ShadowNC]

I ran into a problem this weekend where the GFS backup job became corrupt and went into an active state but never actually backed anything up. This morning I followed instructions from another thread to clear the 'active' job from the queue.

My question is how can I submit a new job and have it use the current media pool? Currently when I select use GFS rotation and then put the name of the current pool it complains that "There is already a GFS media pool with the one defined, Select another or delete this one first". Do I have to create a new pool and then re-add the tapes I currently have into that pool?

 

[speshalyst]

Hi,

Here is a neat little trick...

1. Submit the GFS job with a new Media pool name.
2. Modify the GFS job you submitted and change the media
pool name to the original media pool and resubmit

Hope this helps...


Cheers
Speshalyst
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So it Shall be Done!!

 

[ShadowNC]

Thanks! That seems to do the trick. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense though does it?