Implementing new backup hardware infrastructure for the organization I work
for (was complete last week).

A new networker option was added to this infrastructure, backup to disk
(adv_file) for  numerous benefits.

At this stage I am using the standard cloning and staging technique  within
networker.

I am now investigating scripting the cloning and staging processes.

System brief: 

Networker 7.2.1
Redhat AS3
4 x disk devices

The first problem I ran across is this:

When you setup a disk device a read only device is also setup, for example:
 /nsrdisk/01    adv_file disk.01
 /nsrdisk/01/_AF_readonly  adv_file disk.01.RO
 
I want to clone the save sets from the disk devices, so I should use the
mminfo command for example: mminfo -avV -omt -r 'ssid' -q 'family=disk,
copies=1'
Returns: mminfo: no matches found for the query
But if I use the following command: mminfo -avV -omt -r 'ssid' -q
'family=disk, copies=2'
This command returns ssid information I am after, but from both devices (the
write and read devices) so I have duplicate ssid's returned.

Questions:

How do I use mminfo to query the disk devices and return only one ssid?
(I really don't want to put each device in the script, if the device setup
changes someone will have to remember to change the script)

Should I only clone from the read only devices?

The same questions apply to staging.

Thanks in advance.

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