Re: [Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda
The media still shows up in media list in the NBConsole after running the following commands. I guess it is time to open a support ticket with Symantec. G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpmedialist -m L00162 requested media id was not found in the EMM database G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpexpdate -m L00162 -d 0 Are you SURE you want to delete L00162 y/n (n)? y requested media id was not found in the EMM database Doug Preston Systems Engineer Land America Tax and Flood Services Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 104 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail, so that our address record can be corrected. -Original Message- From: Marianne Van Den Berg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 1:34 AM To: Preston, Douglas L Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda Have you tried this: bpmedialist -m L00162 Note the media server that it belongs to. bpexpdate -m L00162 -d 0 -h media_server This command will expire the images, remove the entry from mediaDB as well as deassign it in volDB. Regards Marianne -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Preston, Douglas L Sent: 04 May 2007 20:32 To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda Using NBU 6.0 MP4 on Windows 2000 sp4 Any help would be appreciated. I am having a problem with some media that wont expire and wont deaasign that have no valid images on them. Below are the things I have tried to deassign them and expire them I have also tried to set the expire via the gui G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\Volmgr\binvmquery -m L00162 == media ID: L00162 media type:1/2 cartridge tape 2 (14) barcode: L00162 media description: Problem_Deassigning_Media volume pool: Full (6) robot type:NONE - Not Robotic (0) volume group: expire vault name:--- vault sent date: --- vault return date: --- vault slot:--- vault session id: --- vault container id:- created: 3/4/2004 9:58:25 AM assigned: 1/14/2006 12:09:04 AM last mounted: 1/23/2006 8:04:47 AM first mount: 5/2/2004 6:50:45 PM expiration date: 5/4/2007 10:50:01 AM number of mounts: 154 max mounts allowed:--- status:0x0 == G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\Volmgr\binvmquery -deassignbyid L00162 6 0 De-assign media by ID is not allowed for NetBackup media. invalid media ID (8) --- G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpexpdate -m L00162 -d 05/04/2007 10:50:01 -force requested media id was not found in the EMM database --- G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpexpdate -deassignempty -m L00162 -force Deassigned 0 out of 1024 media-ids found. --- Change pool of L00162 failed(91) Doug Preston Systems Engineer Land America Tax and Flood Services Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 104 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail, so that our address record can be corrected. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
[Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda
Using NBU 6.0 MP4 on Windows 2000 sp4 Any help would be appreciated. I am having a problem with some media that wont expire and wont deaasign that have no valid images on them. Below are the things I have tried to deassign them and expire them I have also tried to set the expire via the gui G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\Volmgr\binvmquery -m L00162 == media ID: L00162 media type:1/2 cartridge tape 2 (14) barcode: L00162 media description: Problem_Deassigning_Media volume pool: Full (6) robot type:NONE - Not Robotic (0) volume group: expire vault name:--- vault sent date: --- vault return date: --- vault slot:--- vault session id: --- vault container id:- created: 3/4/2004 9:58:25 AM assigned: 1/14/2006 12:09:04 AM last mounted: 1/23/2006 8:04:47 AM first mount: 5/2/2004 6:50:45 PM expiration date: 5/4/2007 10:50:01 AM number of mounts: 154 max mounts allowed:--- status:0x0 == G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\Volmgr\binvmquery -deassignbyid L00162 6 0 De-assign media by ID is not allowed for NetBackup media. invalid media ID (8) --- G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpexpdate -m L00162 -d 05/04/2007 10:50:01 -force requested media id was not found in the EMM database --- G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpexpdate -deassignempty -m L00162 -force Deassigned 0 out of 1024 media-ids found. --- Change pool of L00162 failed(91) Doug Preston Systems Engineer Land America Tax and Flood Services Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 104 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail, so that our address record can be corrected. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
Re: [Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda
Here is the procedure we use... ** Warning this procedure will delete and destroy all images on the tape. Do this only if the need is there. It is recommended that you allow netbackup to naturally scratch the tape first before removing it from netbackup. This procedure assumes that you want to delete the tape even if it has valid, real images. 1) Remove the tape from the tape robot. We don't want a job writing to the tape when we are trying to remove it. 2) Create a putty session with the media sever who owns the tape (or the one you think owns the tape). Create a putty session on the master server. You will need to run commands on both servers. 3) We need to verify what media server owns the tape and check to see if the tape has valid images. Go to your media server putty session and run this command, sudo /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimmedia -L -mediaid tapenumber. This will tell you what media server (among other things) that the tape belongs to. If you are not on the correct media server then logout of this media server and login to the correct media server. You will get a display like this one: sudo bpimmedia -mediaid ms7157 -L Backup-IDPolicy Type RL Files C E T PC Expires Copy FragKB Type Density FNum Off Host DWO MPX ExpiresRL MediaID nas-msw-06.ceg.corp. nasmsw6-ms FULL 5 1436253 N N R 1 01:12 10/23/2006 1 IDX 185162 RMed hcart3 2 0 nbumd-msw- 25 MS7151 1 1 320316570 RMed hcart3 7 0 nbumd-msw- 25 N 01:12 10/23 /2006 5 MS7306 1 2 1056822984 RMed hcart3 1 0 nbumd-msw- 25 MS7157 1 3 457687818 RMed hcart3 1 0 nbumd-msw- 25 MS7151 ** Note the nbumd-msw name. This is the media server that owns the tapes. If the tape is scratch and has no valid images you will get a message that says no entity was found 4) On the media server, make sure the tape is not frozen. Frozen tapes cannot be removed from netbackup. Run the command sudo /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedia -unfreeze -m tapenumber 5) On the media server, make sure the tape is not suspended. Suspended tapes cannot be removed from netbackup. Run the command sudo /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedia -unsuspend -m tapenumber 6) On the master run the command, sudo vmquery -m tapenumber. You need to record the pool and status info. The pool info is the 5th line down from the top. The status info is the last line and should always be 0x0, unless the tape is scratch then the status line is not there. If the tape is scratch then use the Netbackup GUI to delete (right clicking the tape and select delete) the tape out of netbackup. If you try this and it says that the tape is assigned then follow the rest of this procedure. 7) On the media server, run the command, sudo /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -m tapenumber -d 0 -force. This will force the media server to expire the tape in the media database. If you get a message saying it was not found, that is ok. Proceed to the next step. 8) Using the pool and status info you wrote down earlier, on the master server, run the command, sudo /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -deassignbyid tapenumber pool status. This step will deassign the tape and remove the volume images. 9) On the master server, run the command, sudo /usr/openv/volgmgr/bin/vmdelete -m tapenumber. This step will finally remove all references to the tape in netbackup. The tape will be deleted. After this command runs, it will return the command prompt back. The tape has been deleted. You can confirm this looking at the netbackup GUI. The tape should not be listed in the media section. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Preston, Douglas L Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 2:32 PM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda Using NBU 6.0 MP4 on Windows 2000 sp4 Any help would be appreciated. I am having a problem with some media that wont expire and wont deaasign that have no valid images on them. Below are the things I have tried to deassign them and expire them I have also tried to set the expire via the gui G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\Volmgr\binvmquery -m L00162 == media ID: L00162 media type:1/2 cartridge tape 2 (14) barcode: L00162 media description: Problem_Deassigning_Media volume pool: Full (6) robot type:NONE - Not Robotic (0) volume group: expire vault name:--- vault sent date: --- vault return date: --- vault slot
Re: [Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda
New with 6.0 Form the man page for vmquery -deassignbyid media_id pool_number stat Unassign volume by media ID, pool, and status. Starting with NetBackup 6.0, this option can only deassign non-NetBackup media. Non-NetBackup media includes media used by VERITAS Storage Migrator, VERITAS Data Lifecycle Manager, or by users work- ing outside of the NetBackup policy framework (for example, those using tpreq directly). To deassign NetBackup tapes, use the bpexpdate command. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Preston, Douglas L Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 3:32 PM To: VERITAS-BU@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] Problem deassigning meda Using NBU 6.0 MP4 on Windows 2000 sp4 Any help would be appreciated. I am having a problem with some media that wont expire and wont deaasign that have no valid images on them. Below are the things I have tried to deassign them and expire them I have also tried to set the expire via the gui G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\Volmgr\binvmquery -m L00162 == media ID: L00162 media type:1/2 cartridge tape 2 (14) barcode: L00162 media description: Problem_Deassigning_Media volume pool: Full (6) robot type:NONE - Not Robotic (0) volume group: expire vault name:--- vault sent date: --- vault return date: --- vault slot:--- vault session id: --- vault container id:- created: 3/4/2004 9:58:25 AM assigned: 1/14/2006 12:09:04 AM last mounted: 1/23/2006 8:04:47 AM first mount: 5/2/2004 6:50:45 PM expiration date: 5/4/2007 10:50:01 AM number of mounts: 154 max mounts allowed:--- status:0x0 == G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\Volmgr\binvmquery -deassignbyid L00162 6 0 De-assign media by ID is not allowed for NetBackup media. invalid media ID (8) --- G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpexpdate -m L00162 -d 05/04/2007 10:50:01 -force requested media id was not found in the EMM database --- G:\PROGRA~1\VERITAS\NETBAC~1\bin\Admincmdbpexpdate -deassignempty -m L00162 -force Deassigned 0 out of 1024 media-ids found. --- Change pool of L00162 failed(91) Doug Preston Systems Engineer Land America Tax and Flood Services Phone 626-339-5221 Ext 104 Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTICE: This electronic mail transmission may constitute a communication that is legally privileged. It is not intended for transmission to, or receipt by, any unauthorized persons. If you have received this electronic mail transmission in error, please delete it from your system without copying it, and notify the sender by reply e-mail, so that our address record can be corrected. ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ___ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
