Attempted to blank tape in slot but tape would not blank.
Checked manage storage for tape and tape not mentioned.
Looking at binary log we see “Media 'F10644L' <Archive> in 'DRIVE 4:F-INFR-077' is in use, cannot be blanked” as below.
From binary log:
Error 2016/03/02 14:05:57 0 Media F-INFR-077 (Factory) Media 'F10644L' <Archive> in 'DRIVE 4:F-INFR-077' is in use, cannot be blanked
Extract from trace:
2 MEDROTAT ??? 1200 160 0 155815747349 MediaMgrRetireMedia() - BEGIN
3 MEDROTAT ??? 1200 162 0 155815747373 Media id to retire = 3ab81cf8c045e71c421100008c0f0000cd3b0000 00000001 00000000 0000 0000
3 MEDIADB ??? 1200 11798 0 15581000000 MediaMgrMediaInUse(3ab81cf8c045e71c421100008c0f0000cd3b0000 00000001 00000000 0000 0000, 0)
3 MEDIADB ??? 1200 11800 0 15581000000 Media has uncommited segment(s)
3 MEDROTAT ??? 1200 161 0 155815748483 Media is in use by a batch or has pending segments
2 MEDROTAT ??? 1200 164 0 155815748495 FALSE = MediaMgrRetireMedia() – END
“Media has uncommited segment”, This means that NetVault believes that this tape has a backup segment on it from a currently running backup. I.e. data has been written to this tape during a backup and the rest of the data is being written to a different tape. It is not possible to see which backup job this is in manage storage because the backup has not completed and therefore the segment, tape and job information have not been committed to the database.
Use a different tape as this tape belongs to a currently running backup.
