New tape device shows up but not correctly

Is that standlone device or jukebox device?

well since i'm not sure I'll say this: it's a jukebox that I have attached to a server that a client is running on so i'm guessing it's a jukebox. It's not by itself if that's what you're asking. it's direct SCSI cabled to the server that the client is on

Hi Mark,

Are you speaking about NetWorker when you tell that \\.\Tape1 is showed like stand alone or device out of jukebox?

If you have added a new drive to the jukebox, from NetWorker you have to add this new device the next way from Backup Server:

#jbedit -a -j name_jukebox -E num_elem_new_device -s backup_server

where num_elem_new_device you have to see it in output #sjisn scsidev@x.x.x, you have to see serial number belongs to new drive (compare output #inquire -l for see the serial number belongs to new drive with ouput sjisn, on this way, you will know what address element it has).

For example:
Output inquire -l:

scsidev@2.0.0:IBM ULTRIUM-TD2 4AP0|Tape, \\.\Tape3
S/N: 1110098763
ATNN:IBM ULTRIUM-TD2 1110098763
WWNN:500308C00145A013

Output sjisn:
Drive at element address 259:
SCSI-3 Device Identifiers:
ATNN:IBM ULTRIUM-TD2 1110098763

For \\.\Tape3, my element is 259 (see serial number 1110098763 in both outputs).

See command reference for #jbedit in 7.4.1

Regards.

Inma Bernabe.

Yes. When I look in networker it shows up as \\.\Tape1. It also shows up with the serial number, etc... here is the output from my inquire -l:

scsidev@11.2.0:IBM ULTRIUM TD-1
36U3: tape, \\.\Tape1
S/N: 15B705B436
ATNN=IBM ULTRIUM TD-1 15B705B436



I didn't add a new drive to a device. I hooked up a 10 slot jukebox to a server. I wouldn't think i'd need jbedit as I didn't add to an existing drive, I added a whole new jukebox

Hi Mark,

When you have attached a new jukebox to Backup Server, how have you configured jukebox in NetWorker?

I think you are seing new device from NetWorker like 'not configured'.

Have you tried to configure it by GUI?

Or by command line (#jbconfig (if is a new jukebox) or #jbedit (add a new device to jukebox exists)

Regards.

Inma Bernabe.

I agree with Inma. You probably see unconfigured device so you would need to configure jukebox you added.

Hi Mark,

Delete the jukebox from NetWorker GUI and launch #jbconfig again.

Tell me if you can configure the new jukebox by command line.

Regards.

Inma Bernabe.

sorry to be a pain. this is going to sound bizarre. The only option I have when I highlight the device is 'properties' and 'enable/disable' in the GUI. the option to delete as well as others is greyed out

when I run a jbconfig this is what I get:

I take option 2 (configure an autodetected SCSI jukebox)

14484:jbconfig: scanning SCIS busses; this may take a while...
In update_scsi_bus_map: open_bus invalid on nadapters = 7
14485:jbocnifg:
All the jukeboxes that are connected are already configured

Ok I have something. Seems when I do 'scan for devices' I had it set up wrong. I had to add a new STORAGE NODE ; the server my jukebox is connected to is called backupserver2. I put backupserver2 in and did a scan on that node and it found it correctly. It's a rd= device. My next question is can there be TWO different devices with the name of \\.\Tape0. I still can't get my useless device removed

I assume you can remove everything if you shut down NW and then use nsradmin. Of course, you must remove library first to remove device belonging to jukebox.

I guess since the device is not configured correctly I can't delete it. If I try jbconfig I just get the error that I posted above but I don't have the option to delete from the GUI. Guess i'll check the command line stuff to delete a device.

Hi,

When you tell if is possible there are two devices with same name on NetWorker, it is not possible if they are configured, because NetWorker will tell you that there is a device with this path_name, and it won't let you configure.

The ask is if you are seing two \\.\Tape0 by NetWorker which belong to Backup Server and not to other Storage Node.

Tell me.

Mark,

If jukebox and drives are desconfigured, you are going to can cofigure with #jbconfig.

If jukebox and drives are configured, you can delete jukebox and devices.

After this, you have to detect or scan the new jukebox.

When NetWorker detects the new jukebox and drives, you do not configure them from NetWorker GUI, try it from command line #jbconfig.

Regards.

Inma Bernabe.

Hi Mark,

If device is not configured you can not delete it.

Try to configure the devices and after this, delete jukebox and drives.

Tell me something.

Regards.

Inma Bernabe.