Here we always order new tapes with barcodes that start in sequence with the end of the last set. Duplicating barcodes is not a good idea.
________________________________ From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of William Brown Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 8:05 AM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] LTO tape label / sequence? I was quite surprised to find that NetBckup is not just looking at the tape label, but also what I think is the cartridge serial number with LTO. I guess that comes from the LTO-CM. This is 6.5.4 This happened on a Windows Master/Media server in our test lab: 20:00:48.922 [3908.1968] <2> openTpreqFile: tpreq_file: D:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\media\tpreq\drive_Drive1, serial_num: HU10606CNF 20:00:48.922 [3908.1968] <2> get_drive_path: SCSI coordinates {5,1,1,3}, dos_path \\.\Tape1, pnp_path \\?\scsi#sequential&ven_hp&prod_ultrium_3-scsi&rev_g54w#4&2b40ae32&0&113 #{53f5630b-b6bf-11d0-94f2-00a0c91efb8b} 20:00:48.922 [3908.1968] <2> check_serial_num: serial number match for drive with SCSI coordinates {5,1,1,3}, dos_path \\.\Tape1, drive serial number HU10606CNF, expected serial number HU10606CNF 20:00:48.954 [3908.1968] <2> init_tape: \\.\Tape1 (SCSI coordinates {5,1,1,3}) configured with blocksize 0 20:00:48.954 [3908.1968] <2> init_tape: \\.\Tape1 (SCSI coordinates {5,1,1,3}) has compression enabled 20:00:48.969 [3908.1968] <2> io_open: SCSI RESERVE 20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <2> manage_drive_attributes: report_attr, fl1 0x00000429, fl2 0x00000004 20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <4> manage_drive_attributes: expected manufacturer [HP], reported [HP] 20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <4> manage_drive_attributes: expected serial number [E63YABQ480], reported [1120653908] 20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <2> send_MDS_msg: MEDIADB 1 1534 000013 4000113 *NULL* 20 1262980800 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 17 1024 0 0 0 20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <16> manage_drive_attributes: FREEZING media id 000013, Medium identifiers do not match 20:00:49.391 [3908.1968] <2> io_close: closing D:\Program Files\VERITAS\NetBackup\db\media\tpreq\drive_Drive1, from bptm.c.18660 2 So I'd suggest, don't reuse barcodes. William D L Brown From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu [mailto:veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of j.keat...@tachi-s.com Sent: 14 January 2010 21:12 To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] LTO tape label / sequence? Hello, The question of "should we be paying particular attention of tape labels" question reared it's ugly head for me once again and I can't remember the answer. Am I correct to believe that NBU won't import or confuse itself or the database if we should put a tape in the robot which has the same label as a tape that's has already been written too and cataloged? And, should I be ordering labels with an existing sequence? Regards, John Keating Information Technology Tachi-S Engineering U.S.A. Inc. ----------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. -----------------------------------------------------------
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