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Those of you who have NetWorker 7.6.3.4 or earlier versions and use NMC to set up new Data Domain Boost devices ought to be careful. A bug in NMC will cause it to relabel an existing DD Boost device when setting up a new one and using the default option to label and mount the new device. EMC has published a hotfix for this issue.

Here is a link to information regarding this bug, which is esg128427

http://solutions.emc.com/emcsolutionview.asp?id=esg128427

On the plus side, today is national donut day in the United States.

This is not a bug although EMC states this in an ETA
This is what one would call : works as designed

The problem for networker admins is: They should read what is automatically done and not depend on Microsoft like 'are you sure' ? questions

----- Original Message -----
From: Stanley R. Horwitz [mailto:stan < at > TEMPLE.EDU]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:45 PM
To: NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU <NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU>
Subject: [Networker] New bug with NetWorker and DD Boost devices

Those of you who have NetWorker 7.6.3.4 or earlier versions and use NMC to set up new Data Domain Boost devices ought to be careful. A bug in NMC will cause it to relabel an existing DD Boost device when setting up a new one and using the default option to label and mount the new device. EMC has published a hotfix for this issue.

Here is a link to information regarding this bug, which is esg128427

http://solutions.emc.com/emcsolutionview.asp?id=esg128427

On the plus side, today is national donut day in the United States.

Terveen,

Please clarify what you mean. My understanding regarding this notice is that a DD Boost device other than the one being created is labeled and as a result, data will be lost. That sure seems like a bug to me, or am I missing something?

On Jun 2, 2012, at 7:55, "TERVEEN FRANK (INT/TEI)" <frank.terveen < at > telindus-isit.nl> wrote:

This is not a bug although EMC states this in an ETA
This is what one would call : works as designed

The problem for networker admins is: They should read what is automatically done and not depend on Microsoft like 'are you sure' ? questions

----- Original Message -----
From: Stanley R. Horwitz [mailto:stan < at > TEMPLE.EDU]
Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:45 PM
To: NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU <NETWORKER < at > LISTSERV.TEMPLE.EDU>
Subject: [Networker] New bug with NetWorker and DD Boost devices

Those of you who have NetWorker 7.6.3.4 or earlier versions and use NMC to set up new Data Domain Boost devices ought to be careful. A bug in NMC will cause it to relabel an existing DD Boost device when setting up a new one and using the default option to label and mount the new device. EMC has published a hotfix for this issue.

Here is a link to information regarding this bug, which is esg128427

http://solutions.emc.com/emcsolutionview.asp?id=esg128427

On the plus side, today is national donut day in the United States.

On 02/06/12 15:39, Stanley R. Horwitz wrote:
Terveen,

Please clarify what you mean. My understanding regarding this notice is that a DD Boost device other than the one being created is labeled and as a result, data will be lost. That sure seems like a bug to me, or am I missing something?



As I understand it, this applies when creating a device using a folder
on the Data Domain that you have previously used and written data to.
You would have had to delete the NetWorker device that was previously
using this folder, so it really ought to be at the front of your mind
that you should choose not to label the device as part of creation. IMHO
this is a fairly rare situation and you ought to be extremely careful
when using a wizard for something like this.

I don't regard this as a bug that is likely to affect many users.