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May 11th, 2013 07:00
add 5 drives to Jukebox
We have networker 7.6.2 on solaris 10. In the next weeks we are adding 5 more drives and more slots to a IBM 7300 Jukebox. Can we use the GUI for this task?
Please someone can give me an advice for this ?
Regards Gustavo U
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o17Uu33DCF12520
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May 13th, 2013 06:00
I guess Gustavo is going to add new drives to the library instead of adding new tape slots. If I am not wrong, it's better to update the configuration on OS level and NW level.
I think we can do with command line or NMC.
The NetWorker server uses logical device names assigned by the operating system when communicating with devices.
To detect device ordering issues:
1. Execute the inquire command with the -cl option to determine the device path,scsi address, and serial number of the device. Note that on Solaris 10, the inquire command does not show library information after the library has been configured for NetWorker.
2. Execute the sjisn command to determine the current order of the devices:
sjisn scsidev@bus.target.lun
where bus.target.lun is the SCSI address of the robotic arm returned by the inquire command in step 1, for example, 1.2.0.
3. Match the serial numbers of the devices in the sjisn output to the device names that correspond to these serial numbers in the inquire -cl output. This will give you the current device order by device filename.
4. Execute the nsrjb command to determine the order of devices as configured in NetWorker. Drive entries towards the end of the nsrjb output list the device order as configured in NetWorker.
5. Compare the device ordering as determined in step 3 and step 4. If the device ordering in these two steps do not match, the device ordering has changed and the library will need to be reconfigured.
After a drive ordering change has taken place and the NetWorker software is no longer correctly communicating with devices, you can correct the problem within your NetWorker configuration by using the NetWorker Console or the jbedit
command line program.
The jbedit program can be used as a fallback means of editing library configurations, to add new devices to a library configuration, just need to issue "jbedit -a" on the node.
To reconfigure a library with NMC:
1. Run Scan for Devices, in case a device path has been added to, or removed from, the library since the latest scan.
2. In the server’s Administration window, click Devices.
3. Select Libraries in the navigation tree. The Libraries detail table appears.
4. In the navigation tree, right-click the entry for the library to be reconfigured, or open the Storage Nodes folder, open the library folder, and then right-click the library entry there.
5. Select Reconfigure Library. The Reconfigure Library window appears. Note that the storage node name and library name cannot be changed in this window.
6. Make appropriate changes in the Configure devices on various storage nodes using existing drive connectivity area, selecting or clearing checkboxes as necessary, or using the buttons at the right side of the area (Check All, Clear All, Reset).
Drives that are already configured to be used by the library display check marks in the boxes adjacent to their names:
• Selecting a box adds the drive to the library.
• Clearing a box removes the drive from the library.
• The Reset button returns the checkboxes to the condition they had when the Reconfigure Library window was opened.
7. Click Start Configuration to reconfigure, or Cancel to leave the window.
8. Run Scan for Devices to refresh the navigation tree and show the reconfiguration results.
o17Uu33DCF12520
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May 11th, 2013 08:00
I guess you want NMC to discover these new drives.
Firstly run command inquire on storage node and make sure the new drives are listed there.
To scan for available devices:
1. In the Console window, click Enterprise.
2. In the navigation tree, select a NetWorker server.
3. In the Name column of the Host detail table, double-click NetWorker. The NetWorker Administration window for the selected server opens.
4. In the Administration window, click Devices.
5. In the navigation tree:
a. Right-click the server name, and select Scan for Devices.
b. Click the storage node to be scanned.
c. If the appropriate storage node is not listed, click Create a New Storage Node.
Gustavo U
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May 11th, 2013 12:00
Hello Kevin
The storage node it's created and has connected a library with 10 drives , we need to upgrade this library with 5 drives.
according to your recomendation
the steps are:
thanks Gustavo U
TimQuan
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May 12th, 2013 19:00
NetWorker 7.3 and higher which uses the new process structure for communication with library (nsrmmgd and nsrlcpd) will detect the new slots automatically as it gets the jukebox information periodically form the library. However note the following steps when increasing number of slots:
edino1
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May 12th, 2013 22:00
Sorry. I never used NMC for this kind of operation. It is really better and faster to use commands inquire and jbedit
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June 10th, 2013 04:00
@ GustavoUeharaTCO please mark my answer as "correct answer" or "helpful answer" if you think they really are. thanks.