Hi Michael,

not sure whether you are asking about media db or CFI entries. They are 
different things but sometimes we come across "media index" which 
means "media db". But I find the former to be rather misleading.   

When the retention of the saveset expires networker marks the saveset as 
(E)ligible for recycling (i.e. expired) but it doesn't delete the saveset 
form the media db. It does that when the tape is recycled or the saveset 
manually removed from the media db using nsrmm (Note:  You may want to add 
the ssflags parameter to your mminfo report to show that status.)

The client file index is different and not what they are asking for (if I 
understood the question). The CFI contains a list with all the files or 
objects that exist on each saveset. It makes the saveset browsable.

If you want to do that compilation I suggest to use csv output on the mminfo 
report (option "-xc,") and show something like this:

 
"client,name,level,savetime,ssretent,ssflags,sumflags,pool,volume,volretent,volflags"
 

Now you have two options:

- import the csv from excel (and remove columns they may not want). That  
would save you some scripting work
- use an awk or perl  script to produce the report. The csv format is very 
easy to handle from a script.


jee



On Friday 13 May 2011 21:02:26 Michael Leone wrote:
> First: I *hate* legal requests. :-(
>
> So I've had a request to compile a list of every tape made by Networker in
> the last 4 years, and what their contents are. (not the actual files,
> thankfully, but a list of  the savesets on every tape) So they want to see
>
> Tape: 12345      Client: Server1 Savesets: C:, D:      Date: 2007-02-28
> Tape: 12345      Client: Server2 Saveset: C: D: S:    Date: 2007-02-28
>
> And so on ...
>
> So what I am unclear on is ... retention. I know what when a tape expires
> (past it's expiration), it removes the client file indexes. But does it
> remove the entire entry in the mm db? Or will my mm db still have entries
> for all tapes I ever made? (I'm guessing "no")
>
> So I guess I am asking: do entries like this ever get purged completely
> from the mm db?
> If not, what would you suggest is the best way to get back to that list? I
> have end of month bootstraps and client file indexes going back these 4
> years, so I could nsrck it, which would get me back the client file
> indexes (which I don't need ... yet).
>
> Am I completely offbase here?
>
> Thanks for any help and pointers

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