Moving Tape to Transport Slot after Backup on IBM Library

As discussed in Chat, Max is going to experiment with getting what he wants by using savepnpc with mminfo to get the barcode
of the necessary volume:

mminfo -q "client=[client_name],savetime>=today" -ot -r barcode

and then withdrawing that volume from the library with nsrjb:

nsrjb -x -T [barcode_label] -w

He'll keep us updated on his progress, but if in the meantime, anyone has any good ideas around this, don't hesitate to share....

-Bobby

Hello Bobby,

after dealing a bit around, I have worked out the following commandline :

for /F "tokens=1" %%G IN ('mminfo -q "client=client_name,savetime>=today" -ot -r barcode') DO nsrjb -x -T %%G -w

however I am stuck with my library reporting an error :

Error: Jukebox `IBM@2.0.1' does not support operations `Add' and `Remove'.
39077:nsrjb: error, Jukebox command terminated with errors.

I now need to find out how I can order my library to perform these operations.

Any kind of help is appreciated

Thanks, Max

Hi Max,

Check if NetWorker recognises the import/export slots using the command sjirdtag scsidev@b.t.l.  This will tell you if the jukebox is reporting Import/Export slots or not.  If it doesn't, you should check your firmware to see if there could be a problem at that level.

-Bobby

Hi Bobby,

always glad to share solutions with others.

Thanks for your help and Best Regards,

Max

Hello Bobby,

I have somehow solved the issue After checking with one of your colleagues yesterday afternoon, it appeared that our library works with slot numbers. Therefore I did some scripting to get the job done.

I use 2 bat files :

list.bat - lists all volumes used by today backups, gets a list of volumes and slots provided by nsrjb, and then parses nsrjb stdout to find a match. Once a match is found, match.bat is called with slot number and volume number

match.bat - executes commands passed by list.bat, unmounts any mounted tape volume and moves tapes to I/O station ports.

Here is the batch files content:

list.bat

FOR /F %%A IN ('mminfo -q "client=client_name,savetime>=today" -ot -r barcode') DO FOR /F "skip=3 tokens=1,2,3 delims=: " %%B IN ('nsrjb') DO IF %%A==%%C match.bat %%B %%A

match.bat

REM MATCH.BAT Slot_Number Tape_Volume
ECHO "%date% - %time % - Ejecting volume %2 located into slot %1 into ports 1-3" >> C:\tape_withdraw.txt
nsrjb -u %2
nsrjb -w -S %1 -P 1-3

Please let me know if you need further details

Best regards,

Max

excellent news - good work Max and thanks for sharing.  I'm sure this will prove useful to others.

-Bobby