Tape management & initialization

Hi,
We have ECC 6.0 with Oracle on AIX 5.3.
I am taking backups onto tape using BRTools. The device file BRBackup recognizing is /dev/rmt0.1
First, I initialize the tape with the command:
brbackup -i force -v <tape volume name>
Then I will use BRTools to trigger backup.
My query is :
I have a set of 20 tapes loaded on to the cartridge. When all the 20 tapes are finished, I will have to take backup on to the 1st tape again. However, there will be a backup taken earlier on this tape.
How do I handle the tape that is already written once?
Do I need to initialize it again with a new volume name?
Is the new backup appended to the already taken backup or is it written from the beginning of the tape?
How do I restore the the current backup in case of a necessity?
Thanks for your help,
Abdul

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Tape management & initialization - BRBACKUP

Hi,
We have ECC 6.0 with Oracle on AIX 5.3.
I am taking backups onto tape using BRTools. The device file BRBackup recognizing is /dev/rmt0.1
First, I initialize the tape with the command:
brbackup -i force -v <tape volume name>
Then I will use BRTools to trigger backup.
My query is :
I have a set of 20 tapes loaded on to the cartridge. When all the 20 tapes are finished, I will have to take backup on to the 1st tape again. However, there will be a backup taken earlier on this tape.
How do I handle the tape that is already written once?
Do I need to initialize it again with a new volume name?
Is the new backup appended to the already taken backup or is it written from the beginning of the tape?
How do I restore the the current backup in case of a necessity?
Thanks for your help,
Abdul

Hi
tape_address=/dev/rmt0.1 and tape_address=/dev/rmt0 are pointing to the Tape Device Drivers to achieve two different functionalities/characteristics of that connected Tape Device/Drive in AIX system. Both are Operating System specifics.
Both are used for positioning and rewind operations while performing backup/restore operations using BR Programs.
Please refer [this useful link|http://blog.worldiswelcome.com/science-and-technology/aix/backups/2009/03/all-you-wanted-to-know-about-aix-tape-device-backups-ii/] to get more information.
with /dev/rmt0 (rewind driver)
The backup/restore operation will start at the point where the device pointer is at present.But, the tape is rewinded to Zero position once the backup/restore operation is finished.
with /dev/rmt0.1 (no-rewind driver)
The backup/restore operation will start from the previous point where the pointer was, at the end of previous backup/restore operation. Similarly, the tape is not rewinded to start after the backup/restore operation is finished.This is the most common option used in tape backups.
As per this [SAP Note 4160 - Tape management for recovery|https://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/4160],
When using the "rewind driver" , the tape is automatically rewound to the beginning after completion of the command.
Positioning (e.g. mt -f/dev/rmt/0mnfsf <#>) sets the tape to the<#+1> file. E.g.:
mt-f /dev/rmt/0mnfsf 4 positions to the 5th file.
The "rewind driver" must used for rewind, the "norewind driver" for positioning.
Use the"norewind driver" for restore and file displaying, so that the tape head is then always automatically set to the next cpio block.
The value of expire_period is the retention period for the Tapes writen by BRBACKUP/BRARCHIVE. If you have set expire_period=5 then, on 6th day the Tape will be overwritten. It means that writing to a volume is possible 5 days after the volume was mounted and used.
Please do not change the existing settings of tape_address and tape_Address_rew parameters.
By keeping in mind the following factors,You can design your Backup Cycle Strategy.
The Role of System in Business, the Size of Database, The size of Tape, Growth Rate of Database, Number of Backups per Backup Cycle, Frequency of Backup operations, The data protection period, etc.
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Hello everyone,
I'm just a beginner in SAP as Basis Administrator. I'm trying to simulate the Online Backup using the BRTOOLS, wherein you manually set the volume_group for tape, the initialize tape and backup is successful. When i used db13 doing the initialize tape, it was tagged as SCRATCH that makes my backup failed.
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I need to manage my icloud storage, but the manage storage link on my iphone is not working. When I click on it, nothing happens. Can anyone help with this problem? I don't want to buy more storage if I can turn off some of my apps in icloud. Has anyone else had this problem? Thanks!

Had the same problem recently (on an iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1). The phone couldn't back up to iCloud as the storage limit had been exceeded, and tapping "Manage Storage" in the iCloud settings didn't work: it just briefly showed a spinning wheel but I couldn't enter the Manage Storage screen. Looks like a bug.
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3. Access iCloud storage management via the computer rather than the iPhone. Instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847 > Backup > Deleting backups and turning off Backup for your device > Mac OS X (or Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista). If you use a Windows computer and the iCloud control panel hasn't been installed yet, you can find it here http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html.
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Recovery from Tape

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And how did the rman backup get on tape? Did you have rman write directly to tape or were the rman backup files copied to tape manually?
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Sorry to hear about that!
While we work on root causing/fixing that, you could probably try a workaround which might help here.
Since the tape is erased/marked free and not associated with any protection group, you can remove the tape from DPM DB and perform inventory thereafter.
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---------- START COPY HERE -------------
-- overdue tapes
-- for clarity, set up the parameter as a variable
declare @paramTapeLabel as nvarchar(256)
set @paramTapeLabel = N'SAMPLE_TAPE_LABEL_NAME'
-- keys
declare @vMediaId as guid
declare @vGlobalMediaId as guid
-- if the delete gives trouble, add keyset after cursor
declare cur_label cursor
for select MediaId, GlobalMediaId
from tbl_MM_Media
where label = @paramTapeLabel;
open cur_label
while (0 = 0)
begin
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print 'Deleting MediaId = ' + cast(@vMediaId as varchar(36))
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delete from tbl_MM_MediaMap
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delete from tbl_MM_ArchiveMedia
  where MediaId = @vMediaId;
delete from tbl_MM_Global_ArchiveMedia
  where MediaId = @vGlobalMediaId;
delete from tbl_MM_Global_Media
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delete from tbl_MM_Media
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commit transaction;
end
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deallocate cur_label
-------------- END COPY HERE ----------------------
8) replace the tape label name parameter in the script with the name of the tape label from the over due tape report that you want to delete.
        set @paramTapeLabel = N'SAMPLE_TAPE_LABEL_NAME'      <--- replace tape label between the single quotes ' '
9) Execute the SQL script.
10) Repeat steps 8. and 9. for each tape label that you want to delete.
Regards, Mike J. [MSFT] This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
I am not sure if this would work and hence do remember to backup your DB before trying out database operations
Thanks
Samir

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2. After making the full phone backup, I downloaded all the photos from the camera roll onto my computer and deleted them from the phone. There are different ways of doing this, on a Mac you can for instance use Image Capture. This step is not really necessary to get the backups working again as you will probably disable camera roll backups in step 3 anyway, but it's good to get into the habit of backing up photos on the computer regularly, rather than in iCloud. If you want to keep some photos on the phone as well, you can always copy them back from the computer onto the phone.
3. Access iCloud storage management via the computer rather than the iPhone. Instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4847 > Backup > Deleting backups and turning off Backup for your device > Mac OS X (or Windows 8, Windows 7 and Vista). If you can't or don't want to upgrade your MacOS version, you can access your iCloud storage management from any other computer with the right version of MacOS or Windows, by logging in with your AppleID. If you use a Windows computer and the iCloud control panel hasn't been installed yet, you can find it here http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/pc.html.
I don't think you can delete specific elements like the camera roll from the backup this way, you have to delete the whole thing. But you made another backup in step 1 so this isn't really a problem.
4. On the iPhone, try to access Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup > Manage Storage again - it should work now. In the next screen, choose your iPhone and you will get the Backup Options where you can switch backups on and off for different apps. It shows you how much storage each app takes, you will probably see that the Camera Roll is the largest so you may want to switch that off. Once you're happy with the settings, go back two screens to Storage & Backup and switch Icloud Backup back on (it was automatically switched off in step 3), and if you are on Wi-Fi, tap Back Up Now so it makes a new iCloud backup right away.
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