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[Veritas-bu] finding which tape is in the drive
2002-04-25 19:24:18
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Is there a way we know which drive/tape is running backups for which
client. Legato's nsrwatch is really good at that.
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Ajay.
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From: Donaldson, Mark [mailto:Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:38 PM
To: 'Ballowe, Charles'; 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] finding which tape is in the drive
The electronic label (EVSN) is available via the "vmoprcmd -d ds"
command.=20
-Mark=20
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From: Ballowe, Charles [ mailto:CBallowe AT usg DOT com]=20
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:20 PM=20
To: 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'=20
Subject: [Veritas-bu] finding which tape is in the drive=20
Is there an easy way (cmdline) to find which tape is in the drive=20
for a stand alone tape drive? My goal is to write a quick script=20
to expire the images on that tape using bpexpdate -ev, but I need=20
to know which one is in there. We have 3 weeks of tapes for this=20
test lab environment (one per day), retention set to 3 weeks,=20
so the images on the tapes would be expiring about 8 hours after=20
the run starts for the night. Not my design -- they just asked me=20
to fix it.=20
Charles Ballowe /"\=20
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there a way we know which drive/tape is running backups for which =
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size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Donaldson, Mark=20
[mailto:Mark.Donaldson AT experianems DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, =
April 25,=20
2002 3:38 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Ballowe, Charles';=20
'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: =
[Veritas-bu]=20
finding which tape is in the drive<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT size=3D2>The electronic label (EVSN) is available via the =
"vmoprcmd -d=20
ds" command.</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>-Mark</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT size=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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Ballowe, Charles [<A=20
href=3D"mailto:CBallowe AT usg DOT com">mailto:CBallowe AT usg DOT
com</A>]</FONT> =
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'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu'</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>Subject:
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[Veritas-bu] finding which tape is in the drive</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Is there an easy way (cmdline) to find which tape is =
in the=20
drive</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>for a stand alone tape drive? My goal =
is to=20
write a quick script</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>to expire the images on =
that tape=20
using bpexpdate -ev, but I need</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>to know =
which one is=20
in there. We have 3 weeks of tapes for this</FONT> <BR><FONT =
size=3D2>test lab=20
environment (one per day), retention set to 3 weeks, </FONT><BR><FONT=20
size=3D2>so the images on the tapes would be expiring about 8 hours =
after</FONT>=20
<BR><FONT size=3D2>the run starts for the night. Not my design -- they =
just=20
asked me</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>to fix it.</FONT> </P><BR>
<P><FONT size=3D2>Charles=20
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Ballowe =
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/"\</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>Unix System=20
Administrator \=20
/ ASCII Ribbon Campaign</FONT> <BR><FONT=20
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size=3D2>cballowe AT usg DOT
com =
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/ \</FONT> </P>
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