nsrmm -C -f '\\.\Tape0'

returns:

(nothing) mounted on LTO Ultrium-2 tape \\.\Tape0

So just do a:

nsrmm -C -f '\\.\Tape0' |  grep "(nothing)" | wc -l

To return a 0 or 1 if a tape is mounted or not in that drive.

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