Thanks for the command. This looks like one of those undocumented ones. I ran 
it and it will give me what I'm looking for but I still have the same problem 
as using the GUI. My server names are quite long (ie; server-name-novell-srv) 
because for Novell I have to use the fully qualified server name (Novell 4.1 
does not utilize DNS). When NBU adds his big long date/time stamp to the end of 
the server name, I get truncation. Is there any known way to increase the size 
of the columns in the output list so I can see the entire backupid?

Regards,
Dennis

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>>> "Gregory Floro" <gregory.floro AT photobition DOT com> 05/22/01 05:00PM >>>
dfdwyer AT tecoenergy DOT com writes:
>I've been looking into that but I would like to just extend the retention
>period for one image on the tape instead of all 
>of them that happen to reside there by luck of the draw. I've reviewed
>the bpexpdate command and it looks as though 
>I might be able to use the recalculate and backupid options to change the
>retention period for a single image. 
>All I need to know now is how to find the backupid name for my images. I
>used the GUI to list the images on tape but 
>my names are so long, they get cut off and I don't get a complete name.
>What is the CLI equivalent for the "Images on Media"
> report from the GUI. Is changing the retention period for a single image
>on a tape even a doable thing.

Try using "bpimmedia" to get a listing of images on the media
# bpimmedia -L [-mediaid vsn]

To change the retention period for the a single image on the media
# bpexpedate -recalculate -d date_time [-backupid backup_id]

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