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Configure AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT on netbackup 6.5.4

Updated: 21 May 2010 | 4 comments
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 Hi,

I am running Veritas Netbackup 6.5.4 on AIX6.1 with a IBM TS3200 tape library.
I am trying to configure auto_update_robot so that the media will automatically injects into the tape library whenever the operator loads the tapes into the I/O slots.
I have already edited the <Install Path>\Volmgr\vm.conf with AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT, and restarted the server. However, I still couldn't get it to load the tapes into the library whenever I close the Media Access Port (MAP). Is there any other configurations that I must make in order to make it work?

I have read in the admin guide that "Media are injected if the robot generates a unit attention message." How do I know if the robot generates unit attention message? 

Any replies will be welcome. Thanks.


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Stuart Green's picture
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2009
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1) Latest firmware installed

1) Latest firmware installed on your tape library
- I had recent issue with a HP library that did not auto-inventory the map after it was shut. Firmware fixed this.
2) Latest Device Mappings file for your hardware installed (http://seer.entsupport.symantec.com/docs/328211.htm)
3) The vm.conf you edited was on the robot control host (normally the master)?

Tip: Get overview/document your NBU environment. Run 'nbsu' and review the output.

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2009
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 Yes, vm.conf edited was done

 Yes, vm.conf edited was done on the master itself.

Is there any files that I can backup first before I applied the patch? In case the Firmware mess up the whole config?


Yasuhisa Ishikawa's picture
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2009
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unit attention

> How do I know if the robot generates unit attention message?

Can you ask to IBM? Otherwise, only way I think of is to use SCSI analyzer!

Authorized Symantec Consultant(ASC) Data Protection in Tokyo, Japan

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2009
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Is the library paritioned?

The manual says not to use this if the library is partitioned, tld robots usually do not give a attention message if it is partitioned.

I don't have to know how to spell....I work on Unix.
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