It would probably have to be associated with a libvol instead of a
volume.  Volumes get created and deleted as they move out of and back into
the scratch pool.  I'd like to see the stats that are currently associated
with volumes instead associated with libvols (mounts, read and write
errors, passes).

At 01:54 PM 6/21/2008, Wanda Prather wrote:

I know, I just hate manual processes.

What I want is an API so that we can get that sort of info back to the host
in an automated fashion.
I want to be able to run something like:

audit volume * report(medialife)
or
audit volume * report=EXCEPTIONSONLY

(wouldn't that be cool?)


On 6/21/08, Richard Sims <rbs AT bu DOT edu> wrote:
>
> On Jun 21, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Wanda Prather wrote:
>
> The only way we're going to get this info, is if somebody provides
>> an API to
>> read from the cartridge chip.  I'm kinda suprised nobody has done
>> that yet
>> -- except as Tom says, the cartridges tend to last a long time anyway.
>>
>
> As noted in ADSM QuickFacts, see
>
>  www.mptapes.com
>
> and
>
>  http://www.mesa.nl/pub/tapeutil/
>
> There are probably other facilities out there as well.
>
>  Richard Sims
>

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