EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
11/02/2007 12:32:00 PM:

> On Fri, Nov 02, 2007 at 12:10:07PM -0400, MIchael Leone wrote:
> > I have a script that has the following as a query:
> > 
> > mminfo -av -q "near,savetime<1 day" -r "pool,volume,volaccess(22)"
> > 
> > I thought that this should show me only tapes saved (in this case, 
> > created/accessed, since these were new blank tapes) in the last day 
(24 
> > hours). But the results are more than I expect:
> > 
> >  pool                            volume                     vol access
> > 642nBroad      642nBroad.Full.001 10/31/2007 10:34:41 PM
> > 642nBroad      642nBroad.Full.002 11/1/2007 10:29:19 PM
> > 642nBroad      642nBroad.Full.003 11/2/2007 10:02:35 AM
> > 
> > So how come I'm seeing "full.001" above, it it hasn't been accessed in 

> > more than 24 hours? Isn't the savetime the same as the access time (in 

> > this case)? Or am I completely backwards?
> 
> "savetime" is an absolute number, not a relation from today.  Older
> times are smaller than later times.

Oh.

> 2006 < today. 
> 
> "1 day" is interpreted as "1 day from now".  So "savetime < 1 day" will
> match all dates that are less than (earlier than) tomorrow.

I was thinking of it from one direction, and the reality is coming from 
the other direction. To me, "< 1 day" meant the time the set was saved was 
less than 1 calendar day ago. Just a different world view, I guess.

> If you want match dates older than yesterday that would be:
> 
> "savetime > 1 day ago"

That should do it, thanks.

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