Afternoon,
First let me describe what I want to do, then I'll describe what we have, then you can tell me if my plan will work or not!:)
What I want to do:
Retire and old Sun Storetek Library (LTO4) and be able to read tapes that have not expired in another LTO4 HP library (24 slot) & be able to use the tapes that are now in the scratch pool in the other HP (LTO4) library.
I tried to use one that was in the scratch pool but said it was not a unique barcode.
So key points:
Be able to use tapes not expired yet
Use ones in scratch pool in HP library
What I have:
Netbackup 7.1 on Solaris Master Server
Netbackup 7.1 on 2x Solaris Media Servers
1x Sun Stortek LTO 4
1x HP 2024 LTO 4
1x HP MSL 6000 LTO3
My Plan (from reading other articles:
Right click all the tapes in the library (Couple of hundred still inside) and eject. They wont actually eject just I take manually climb into library to remove them.
Remove the ACS from the NBU console (maybe power Sun Library off if im feeling brave)
Add the tapes that were scratch in the HP library and inventory so they can be used for backup.
Add a not expired tape and see if it can see it should have images on....
Your turn, does that sound like a reasonable plan or am I missing something?
Thanks in advance.
PS: I wont be doing this for a few weeks so wont be able to try anything or mark solutions etc until a little while down the road.