| Title: | NetWorker |
| Notice: | kits - 12-14, problem reporting - 41.*, basics 1-100 |
| Moderator: | DECWET::RANDALL .com::lenox |
| Created: | Thu Oct 10 1996 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 750 |
| Total number of notes: | 3361 |
I was 'playing' around with pools on my jukebox, and I amd getting a
media alert event: backup to pool 'Full' waiting for 2 writable backup
tapes' message in my message gui. What would cause this?
My pool definition for Full is =
Enabled -yes
Pool type - Backup
Archive only - no
Label template - Full
Groups - NT
levels - full
devices - \\.\Tape0
store index entries - yes
auto media verify - yes
If I try to change any of these settings I get a message from
Administrator - Cannot create or modify pools while server is busy.
Any help would be appreciated
Ed Whittington
NT/Backoffice
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 381.1 | everything is detective work, why make us guess this stuff? | DECWET::LENOX | Attack the future! | Tue Feb 04 1997 08:43 | 27 |
If something in a savegroup match the pool's specifications, that is when one gets requests for tapes in the pool to be mounted. What kind of saves are running (group NT should be running)? What is the schedule they are using (should be full for the day that the save started)? It should be asking for 2 devices to be mounted if you have x as the number of active devices and x-2 devices with tapes. It should use \\.\Tape0, but either \\.\Tape0 is already in use, or you don't have a tape with space in pool Full. The server is busy... you can't modify something while the server is using the definitions on what you're trying to modify. Try modifying a jukebox resource during a save which uses the resource, same thing happens. So does this match with what is happening? Only you can say, but you haven't. If I can guess this much, so can you. If something is wrong, you need to state what it is. Sounds like a perfectly normal state that one could get oneself into, although it would be nice if the server could catch that only one tape could satisfy the request. Pools are very tricky and I don't expect that I will always get them right. Knowing what else is happening on the system is critical to knowing if there is a problem. | |||||
| 381.2 | Reboot cleared it up | ALFSS2::WHITTINGTON | Plug & Plague | Tue Feb 04 1997 09:43 | 7 |
Well, I rebooted the server and the messages cleared up and I am back
in business as far as backing up again. I looked like the group NT was
not finished running for whatever reason.
Thanks for the quick response.....
Ed
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