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Re: [Networker] Questions about mminfo, clones and 7.5.1

2010-06-25 09:22:09
Subject: Re: [Networker] Questions about mminfo, clones and 7.5.1
From: Len Philpot <Len.Philpot AT CLECO DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:21:46 -0500
> Preston de Guise 
> 
> You're probably more looking for "validcopies", an mminfo query 
> parameter that was introduced into NetWorker 7.6. The "validcopies" 
> flag reports only on complete instances of a saveset. Unfortunately it
> does still report 2 instances for ADV_FILE devices, but particularly 
> for tape/virtual tape, it works a treat in determining what how many 
> usable saveset copies you have. (You'll need to be running a 
> cumulative patch cluster build for 7.6 - the initial release had a few
> oddities in reporting.)

Thanks to everyone one for the info - I'll examine it as soon as I have 
time. I've been lax in replying since we're still knee-deep in 
post-production upgrade fallout... We /were/ neck-deep, but hopefully 
that's improving :-)

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