Yeah, I kinda had this problem with a loader. I just threw blank tapes in
there and assumed that the backup server would use them in order that it
used storage sets - I had four storage sets assigned to the backup server.
I never could figure out the rhyme or reason of how the backup server
picked a storage set because it doesn't seem to use them in order.
So what I did was to put four blank tapes in the autoloader and manually
erase each one and name it 1-Storageset1, 1-Storageset2, 1-Storageset3,
1-Storageset4.
Then they stay named correctly forever after even if you reset them to
recycle and the storage set picks the right tape.
I have a feeling this isn't the *right* way to do it probably, it's just a
workaround that....well worked.
HTH,
Mark Maytum
Pompanoosuc Mills Corporation
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Subject: Autoloader Oddity
Hello:
I have an HP DD3 Autoloader. It loads six tapes at a time.
Within Retrospect, I defined three storage sets (call them Moe,
Larry, and Curly). I rotate them each week. At the start, I took 18
blank tapes and labled them Moe1, Moe2,..., Larry1, Larry2, etc.
After several weeks, I got a message that it could not find Larry-6.
Yet, the tape that I labeled Larry6 was in the drive.
When I asked Retrospect what it thought was in each slot of the
autoloader (Configure>Devices), it said:
Slot 1: Larry-3
Slot 2: Larry-2
Slot 3: Larry-1
Slot 4: Moe-4
Slot 5: Larry-5
Slot 6: Moe-1
It should look like:
Slot 1: Larry-1
Slot 2: Larry-2
Slot 3: Larry-3
Slot 4: Larry-4
Slot 5: Larry-5
Slot 6: Larry-6
Remember, these were blank tapes at the beginning of the week.
Any ideas?
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