Netbackup tape inventory

rxtx — Wed, 05 May 2010 13:34:23 +0000

One of the strange things about the netback Windows GUI is that theres no way to manually inventory a stand alone tape drive. To do this you need a bit of command line knowledge. You’ll mainly need to do this to import media from other servers or media which has been used previously in different backup software. For a stand alone drive the command is as follows, but you can use this on libraries too.

(Standalone drive inventory)
vmphyinv {-n drive_name | -u device_number} [-h device_host]
[-non_interactive] [-verbose]

C:\Program Files\VERITAS\Volmgr\bin>vmphyinv.exe -u 2 -h tapesvr

Proposed Change(s) to Update the Volume Configuration
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Logically add new media BE????.
Logically update EMM database, if required.

Update volume configuration? (y/n) n: y

Added new media BE0000 on host tapesvr.
Added media ID BE0000 to EMM database.

C:\Program Files\VERITAS\Volmgr\bin>

You get the device number from the activity monitor->drives screen. Once you run this command Netbackup will start to read the images on the tape, you can see this on the catalog->results screen. Once this is complete the media will appear on the catalog->search screen ready for the phase 2 import.

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Netbackup tape inventory