Justin
I had to do this when importing LTO1 Tapes into a new NBU Database
(Painful story!!) but yes, this ensures its not over-written! However,
the BAD side is this..........

IF the tape expires, it goes into scratch... A job will grab the tape
and try to write!

NO NO NO! You cannot write to me as I am write protected!
Netbackup reports error!

The suspend / freeze method is good if you want to manually do it, with
the need to EJECT the physical media!

Hope this helps!
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Piszcz,
Justin
Sent: 09 December 2005 16:16
To: Simon.Weaver
Cc: Steven Cashman; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Which backups ran on tape L00123?

What do you guys think about this?

I can eject the tape, lock it manually (on the cartridge), so it cannot
be written to, then, when it expires according to its retention period I
will remove the bad tape.

CommentS?

Justin.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Markham [mailto:dave.markham AT fjserv DOT net]
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 10:59 AM
To: Piszcz, Justin
Cc: Steven Cashman; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Which backups ran on tape L00123?

I think you want this dont you ?

bpimmedia -mediaid BQ630D |awk ' $1 ~ /IMAGE/ {print $0}'

This should list the client images which are on that tape. These may not

be complete images if the tape is multiplexed or backups have span
media. Taking of the awk statement will show you all frags.

Dave



Piszcz, Justin wrote:

> Hmm, never heard of suspending a tape, will look into that.
>
>  
>
>
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>
> *From:* Steven Cashman [mailto:steve_cashman AT symantec DOT com]
> *Sent:* Friday, December 09, 2005 10:40 AM
> *To:* Piszcz, Justin; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> *Subject:* RE: [Veritas-bu] Which backups ran on tape L00123?
>
>  
>
> The images on media report is the best option that I can think of to 
> see whats on it. To stop backups from writting to it, try suspending
it
>
>  
>
> Steve
>
>  
>
>
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> *From:* veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] *On Behalf Of 
> *Piszcz, Justin
> *Sent:* Friday, December 09, 2005 9:20 AM
> *To:* veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> *Subject:* [Veritas-bu] Which backups ran on tape L00123?
>
> Hello,
>
>  
>
> What is the easiest way to find out what clients wrote on a particular

> tape?
>
> I have a tape that is going bad (keeps freezing, same one, I need to 
> know which clients wrote on this tape).
>
> Also, is there a way to mark a tape for reading only and not writing?
>
> I use multiplexed backups, so I am sure it wrote a whole bunch of 
> stuff on that tape.
>
>  
>
> Thanks,
>
>  
>
> Justin.
>


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