Netbackup Media in use

ERROR: When attempting a restore, the required media will not mount, stating "Media is in use", when it is known that the media is not physically in use. The restore appears to hang.

We can release the media by the allocationKey :

backupserver-root /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd: ./nbrbutil -dump > /var/tmp/nbrb.out

 Media ID in this case is SL2531

backupserver-root /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd: cat /var/tmp/nbrb.out |grep SL2531
         index=0 (Request provider=TapeSpanProvider resourcename=NEXT MEDIA RESOURCE  userSequence=0 (mediatapespanrequest: request=(MediaRequest: mediaId=SL2531 mediaServer=mediaserver1.int.com mediaKey=0 userReservationId= assignedTime=1324299337 client=uk1us00001.corpnet2.com usageType=2 mustBeNdmp=no driveName=STVDSADI001_P1_20 drivePath= mediaPool= robotNumber=-1 slotNumber=-1 density=-1 ndmpControlHost= failIfNoMedia=yes externalFile= mediaType=2 mediaSubType=0 isNdmp=false isTirRestore=false isFlashbackupRestore=false isBlockMapRead=false isCatalogBackup=false isGcsCatalogBackup=false isVMWare=false isLifeCycle=false preferVtlToDirectAttachedTape=true) previousid={E371B58A-1DD1-11B2-913D-0003BA36C061} previousFailed=no)))
        MdsAllocation: allocationKey=455557 jobType=2 mediaKey=4005380 mediaId=SL2531 driveKey=0 driveName= drivePath= stuName= masterServerName=stvsxbak03.ggr.co.uk mediaServerName=mediaserver1.int.com ndmpTapeServerName= diskVolumeKey=0 mountKey=0 linkKey=0 fatPipeKey=0 scsiResType=0 serverStateFlags=0

Now release the media by referring its allocation ID which is 455557:

backupserver-root /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd: ./nbrbutil -releaseMDS 455557

Refer here for more information.

How to verify backup status using Avamar MCCLI

This guide is to help you to verify backup status from Avamar Utility Node. If you find using GUI is too slow to validate backup of hundreds of failed client, you can use this command which later you can customize a script and sent to your email etc2.

Syntax:
mccli activity show [GLOBAL-OPTIONS] [--active=Boolean(false)]
[--completed=Boolean(false)] [--domain=STRING]
[--queued=Boolean(false)] --name=STRING [--verbose=Boolean(false)]
[DISPLAY-OPTIONS]

--active=Boolean(false) If set true, only currently running activities are returned.
--completed=Boolean(false) If set true, only completed activities are returned.
--domain=STRING Specifies Avamar server domain containing the client specified by the --name argument.
If this option is suppled and --name is not supplied, all activities within that domain are shown.
--name=STRING Specifies client for which activities should be shown.
IMPORTANT: If a fully-qualified client name (for example, /clients/MyClient) is supplied, the --domain argument is ignored.
--queued=Boolean(false) If set true, only queued activities are returned.
--verbose=Boolean(false) If set true, detailed (verbose) activity information is returned. If set false or not supplied, summary
information is returned.

Example:

root@AVAMAR2-01:~/#:  mccli activity show --domain=/clients --name=petai.internal.com0,23000,CLI command completed successfully.ID               Status          Error Code Start Time           Elapsed     End Time             Type               Progress Bytes New Bytes---------------- --------------- ---------- -------------------- ----------- -------------------- ------------------ -------------- ---------1325749602471357 Completed       0          2012-01-05 02:46 GMT 00h:00m:30s 2012-01-05 02:47 GMT Replication Source 17,785,115,628 0.3%9132563981301809 Completed       0          2012-01-03 20:22 GMT 00h:10m:16s 2012-01-03 20:32 GMT Scheduled Backup   10,058,429,430 0.2%9132555240085809 Completed       0          2012-01-02 20:13 GMT 00h:10m:13s 2012-01-02 20:23 GMT Scheduled Backup   10,048,182,833 0.1%9132572629437809 Completed       0          2012-01-04 20:23 GMT 00h:12m:45s 2012-01-04 20:36 GMT Scheduled Backup   10,364,971,854 0.2%9132563880102609 Dropped Session 0          2012-01-03 20:00 GMT 00h:16m:50s 2012-01-03 20:16 GMT Scheduled Backup   228,208,607    <0.05%9132572520094709 Dropped Session 0          2012-01-04 20:00 GMT 00h:18m:12s 2012-01-04 20:18 GMT Scheduled Backup   205,595,909    <0.05%9132574628474509 Completed       0          2012-01-05 01:51 GMT 00h:03m:22s 2012-01-05 01:54 GMT On-Demand Backup   10,384,285,025 0.3%1325663022756671 Completed       0          2012-01-04 02:43 GMT 00h:00m:30s 2012-01-04 02:44 GMT Replication Source 8,604,757,950  0.2%1325573948329840 Completed       0          2012-01-03 01:59 GMT 00h:00m:00s 2012-01-03 01:59 GMT Replication Source 8,687,492,631  0.2% 

If you want to filter only the complete session add –completed argument:

root@AVAMAR2-01:~/#: mccli activity show --domain=/clients --name=petai.internal.com --completed=true
0,23000,CLI command completed successfully.
ID               Status          Error Code Start Time           Elapsed     End Time             Type               Progress Bytes New Bytes
---------------- --------------- ---------- -------------------- ----------- -------------------- ------------------ -------------- ---------
1325574080407145 Completed       0          2012-01-03 02:01 GMT 00h:00m:00s 2012-01-03 02:01 GMT Replication Source 8,772,149,532  0.2%
1325749741228668 Completed       0          2012-01-05 02:49 GMT 00h:00m:00s 2012-01-05 02:49 GMT Replication Source 8,943,263,903  0.2%
9132563520048709 Dropped Session 0          2012-01-03 19:00 GMT 00h:16m:45s 2012-01-03 19:16 GMT Scheduled Backup   240,225,638    <0.05%
9132572160051009 Dropped Session 0          2012-01-04 19:00 GMT 00h:16m:49s 2012-01-04 19:16 GMT Scheduled Backup   210,904,174    0%
9132563620592309 Completed       0          2012-01-03 19:24 GMT 00h:20m:11s 2012-01-03 19:44 GMT Scheduled Backup   9,834,628,293  0.2%
1325663189759348 Completed       0          2012-01-04 02:46 GMT 00h:00m:00s 2012-01-04 02:46 GMT Replication Source 8,642,061,742  0.3%
9132572261614109 Completed       0          2012-01-04 19:27 GMT 00h:21m:39s 2012-01-04 19:48 GMT Scheduled Backup   10,155,148,114 0.2%