When a tape drive is replaced NetBackup configuration will need to be updated to reflect the changed drive:
Eight step procedure needs to be followed:
To swap a shared serialized drive or to update drive firmware on a shared drive:
1) Down the drive. In the Device Monitor, select the drive to swap or update. From the Actions menu, select Down Drive.
2) Replace the drive or physically update the firmware for the drive. If you replace the drive, specify the same SCSI ID for the new drive as the old drive.
3) To produce a list of new and missing hardware, run tpautoconf -report_disc on one of the reconfigured servers. This command scans for new hardware and produce a report that shows the new and the replaced hardware.
4) Ensure that all servers that share the new hardware are up and that all NetBackup services are active.
5) Run tpautoconf with the -replace_drive
6) If the new device is an unserialized drive, run the device configuration wizard on all servers that share the drive. If the new device is a robot, run the device configuration wizard on the server that is the robot control host.
7) Up the drive. In the Device Monitor, select the new drive. From the Actions menu, select Up Drive.
Here is an example but make sure the drive is "down" prior to running the tpautoconf -replace_drive. If it is not the info could actually revert back to the old drive information:
Once the drive is replaced, run the following command to report the discrepancy:
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/tpautoconf -report_disc
This produces information similar to the following:
======================= New Device (Tape) ============
Inquiry = "QUANTUM DLT7000 245F"
Serial Number = PXA51S3232
Drive Path = /dev/rmt/21cbn
Found as TLD(0), Drive = 1
===================== Missing Device (Drive) =========
Drive Name = QUANTUMDLT70001
Drive Path = /dev/rmt/11cbn
Inquiry = "QUANTUM DLT7000 245F"
Serial Number = PXA51S3587
TLD(0) definition, Drive = 1
Hosts configured for this device:
Host = HOSTA
Host = HOSTB
This reports the discrepancy between the device database and the new device found. Take note of the new Drive Path for the device as this will be needed for the tpautoconf command. To resolve this, run:
# cd /usr/openv/volmgr/bin
#./tpautoconf -replace_drive QUANTUMDLT70001 -path /dev/rmt/21cbn
Found a matching device in global DB, QUANTUMDLT70001 on host HOSTA
update of local DB on host HOSTA completed
globalDB update for host HOSTA completed
Found a matching device in global DB, QUANTUMDLT70001 on host HOSTB
update of local DB on host HOSTB completed
globalDB update for host HOSTB completed
This will update the global and local database to reflect the new device being replaced.
Up the drive at this point.
Below is an example for Windows:
...\Veritas\Volmgr\bin>tpautoconf -report_disc
======================= Missing Device (Drive) =======================
Drive Name = QUANTUM.SDLT320.000
Drive Path = {4,0,2,0}
Inquiry = "QUANTUM SDLT320 5555"
Serial Number = RBF37Y6236
======================= New Device (Drive) =======================
Inquiry = "QUANTUM SDLT320 5555"
Serial Number = RBF37Y6282
Drive Path = Tape0
The new device path syntax for Windows is not "Tape0" as suggested in the output above, but is actually the SCSI coordinates {port, bus, target, lun}, which can be acquired as per the following command:
...\Veritas\Volmgr\bin>tpautoconf -t
TPAC60 QUANTUM SDLT320 5555 RBF37Y6282 4 0 5 0 Tape0 - -
EXAMPLE using the needed device path syntax and observed success statement:
...\Veritas\Volmgr\bin>tpautoconf -replace_drive QUANTUM.SDLT320.000 -path {4,0,5,0}
Found a matching device in global DB, QUANTUM.SDLT320.000 on host nbumedia
8) Restart media manager via command line for the tape drive(s).
UNIX
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/stoplid *** Stop media manager
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmps *** Ensure ltid is stopped
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/ltid *** Start media manager
/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmps *** Ensure ltid is started also with library drive should have tldd process running as well
Windows
...\Veritas\Volmgr\bin>stopltid *** Stop media manager
...\Veritas\Volmgr\bin>ltid *** Start media manager sometimes may require to run "bpdown -v" and "bpup -v"
...\Veritas\NetBackup\bin>bpps *** Ensure ltid is started also with library drive should have tldd process running as well
Optionally could stop/start NetBackup on each of the SSO media servers that shares the tape drive or just the media server that has the tape drive if not shared would also work.
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