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Title
Media shows OTHER state / OTHER media after upgrade from 8.5 to 8.6.1 -
Description
Media shows OTHER state after upgrade from 8.5 to 8.6.1
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Cause
The upgrade.
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Resolution
Run a backup of the Netvault database or run these two commands you can run from the command line nvmeddbcheck and nvscheddbcheck, these commands will perform checks on the Netvault database this is the same as running a Netvault database backup.
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Additional Information
Here is another link describing the different media states, if you are dealing with NVdatabase corruption then the article below's results may vary and the resolution above should help you correct the situation.
Tapes marked as "Other"
Tapes from other backup software vendors (such as Veritas) will show up as "other", indicating that there *is* data on the tape, but that it can't be read by NetVault. All that NetVault can do with such tapes is blank them so that they can be used in NetVault. https://support.quest.com/SolutionDetail.aspx?id=SOL79895