Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Importing/Exporting tapes: vmchange and vmupdate

2002-05-22 16:21:01
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Importing/Exporting tapes: vmchange and vmupdate
From: rbond AT u.washington DOT edu (Richard Bond)
Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 13:21:01 -0700
How about a "Command List" added to the  archives ??  all the usefull
( especially undocumented ) commands we have all found ??

rcb


anthony.guzzi AT storability DOT com wrote:

>
> Dave,
>
>    Why would you want to combine 'tl*test' with the 'vm*' commands to
> move tapes?  I've found that I can import and export tapes using just
> the vm commands (no need for 'tl*test').  And while I have yet to have
> a reason to do it, it appears the vm commands can also move tapes
> around the library.  The only times I've found that I need to use any
> of the '*test' commands (e.g. robtest, tldtest) is to debug a problem
> with the library, never as a normal course of daily processing.  It
> appears the Veritas software provides a fairly complete set of
> commands and utilities ..... ITS THE DOCUMENTATION OF THESE COMMANDS
> THAT'S LACKING!  (Hear that Veritas?)
>
> -- Tony Guzzi
> Solutions Engineer
> Storability, Inc.
>
> http://www.storability.com
>
>
>
>  "David A. Chapa"
   <david AT datastaff DOT com>              To:
                              <anthony.guzzi AT storability DOT com>,
   02/16/2001 02:03 PM        <veritas-bu AT Eng.Auburn DOT EDU>
                                      cc:
                                      Subject:        RE: [Veritas-bu]
                              Importing/Exporting tapes: vmchange and
                              vmupdate
>
>
>
> Very true, hence using a combo of vm commands and tldtest to move mass
>
> amounts of media in ONE script is a pretty cool thing.
>
> Just so long as one remembers that tldtest doesn't change the state of
> the
> database logically.
>
> David
>
> <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>
> David A. Chapa
> Consulting Manager
> DataStaff, Inc.
> 847 413 1144
> http://www.consulting.datastaff.com


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