Now, the reference to "N >= 3" certainly clears that up! Thank you all
for responding to this.

George

Tim Mooney wrote:
>
> In regard to: [Networker] Question on saveset flag for mminfo command,...:
>
> >Hello,
> >
> >If you're running the mminfo command as:
> >
> >mminfo -s server -v -q
> >'pool=pool_name,level=full,savetime>=start_date,savetime<=end_date'
> >
> >then why do some browsable savesets not get reported with an 'm'
> >(middle) flag? I see lots of ones where the first flag value is a 'c' as
> >in completely contained on the tape, and I see ones where there's an 'm'
> >and an 'h' and a 't' for head and tail, but then I see a lot of ones
> >where's there's only an 'h' and a 't' and no 'm'. How can a saveset have
> >only a head and a tail and no middle? Is this possible. These are
> >indicated as being browsable.
>
> If a saveset is fully contained on one tape (volume), it is (c)omplete.
>
> If a saveset is spread across two volumes, the volume containing the
> initial part of the saveset has the (h)ead, the volume containing the
> remainder of the saveset has the (t)ail.
>
> If a saveset is spread across N volumes, where N >= 3, the volume that
> contains the beginning of the saveset has the (h)ead, each volume that
> has a peice that is neither the beginning nor the end of the saveset has
> *a* (m)iddle, and the volume that has the last piece of the saveset has
> the (t)ail.
>
> It's possible for a saveset to have multiple middles, if it gets spread
> across more than 3 volumes.
>
> Tim
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