Hi all,

I am creating devices for two dedicated storage nodes, which are Solaris 8 (corrib & barrow), on my Legato 7.2.1 server running on Windows 2K3.

Library is a SAN attached ADIC I2000.

The two solaris servers are a running cluster (nodes = corrib & barrow, cluster name=bo-prd-bkup), and each are zoned to the same set of tape drives. Normal procedure is to:

jbedit -v -a -i -s limbue101

And follow the prompts to pick the appropriate shared drive, as in the example below:

C:\Documents and Settings\Jonathan_Bourke>jbedit -a -i -s limbue101 -v -r


Found jukebox 'EMF1_i2k'.

Adding a device:

Enter pathname of device to be added ? rd=corrib:/dev/rmt/0cbn
Is this device going to be shared? (yes/no) [yes]

1) \\.\Tape0 19) \\.\Tape9
2) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape0 20) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape1
3) \\.\Tape1 21) \\.\Tape10
4) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape1 22) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape2
5) \\.\Tape2 23) \\.\Tape11
6) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape2 24) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape3
7) \\.\Tape3 25) \\.\Tape12
8) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape3 26) \\.\Tape13
9) \\.\Tape4 27) \\.\Tape14
10) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape0 28) rd=e1fodr06:/dev/nst0
11) \\.\Tape5 29) rd=e1fodr01:/dev/nst0
12) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape1 30) \\.\Tape15
13) \\.\Tape6 31) rd=e1fodr06:/dev/nst1
14) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape2 32) rd=e1fodr01:/dev/nst1
15) \\.\Tape7 33) \\.\Tape16
16) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape3 34) \\.\Tape17
17) \\.\Tape8 35) None of the above
18) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape0

Choose from above the index number of the device that rd=corrib:/dev/rmt/0cbn
is going to be shared with.

Shared device name? [1] 25

Is the device to be configured as a NDMP device? (yes/no) [no]

A Dedicated Storage Node can backup only local data to its devices.
Should corrib be configured as a Dedicated Storage Node? (yes / no) [no] yes

Successfully added new device to jukebox EMF1_i2k.

Finished all requested jbedit operations.

Now, when I go to add an entry for the devices on the other node of the cluster, I get a weird RAP error:

C:\Documents and Settings\Jonathan_Bourke>jbedit -a -i -s limbue101 -v -r


Found jukebox 'EMF1_i2k'.

Adding a device:

Enter pathname of device to be added ? rd=barrow:/dev/rmt/0cbn
Is this device going to be shared? (yes/no) [yes]

1) \\.\Tape0 19) \\.\Tape9
2) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape0 20) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape1
3) \\.\Tape1 21) \\.\Tape10
4) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape1 22) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape2
5) \\.\Tape2 23) \\.\Tape11
6) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape2 24) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape3
7) \\.\Tape3 25) \\.\Tape12
8) rd=limbue102:\\.\Tape3 26) rd=corrib:/dev/rmt/0cbn
9) \\.\Tape4 27) \\.\Tape13
10) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape0 28) \\.\Tape14
11) \\.\Tape5 29) rd=e1fodr06:/dev/nst0
12) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape1 30) rd=e1fodr01:/dev/nst0
13) \\.\Tape6 31) \\.\Tape15
14) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape2 32) rd=e1fodr06:/dev/nst1
15) \\.\Tape7 33) rd=e1fodr01:/dev/nst1
16) rd=limbue103:\\.\Tape3 34) \\.\Tape16
17) \\.\Tape8 35) \\.\Tape17
18) rd=limbue104:\\.\Tape0 36) None of the above

Choose from above the index number of the device that rd=barrow:/dev/rmt/0cbn
is going to be shared with.

Shared device name? [1] 25

Is the device to be configured as a NDMP device? (yes/no) [no]

A Dedicated Storage Node can backup only local data to its devices.
Should barrow be configured as a Dedicated Storage Node? (yes / no) [no] yes
Jbedit: RAP error: device rd=corrib:/dev/rmt/0cbn already exists

Finished all requested jbedit operations.

Note that the name in the RAP error is not the same as the request, i.e barrow.

Questions:

1) Why won't jbedit create the shared device (has done so for other pairs of servers)?
2) Should I be configuring differing tape drives per server in the cluster?
3) Should I be configuring the devices using the cluster name?

Regards & thanks in advance:

Liam