I was going through some postings on using date limits with mminfo, in
particular "Query for tapes created on a certain date" recently
Firstly I wanted to do an output from 2nd April back to 10th March. I tried
British time format DD/MM/YYYY:
mminfo -s server1 -q "savetime>10/03/2008,savetime<04/02/2008" -c tank -
r "volume,client,savetime(16),written"
invalid value specified for `savetime'
usage: mminfo [-avV] [-o order] [-s server] [-x exportspec] [report]
[query] [volname...]
<report>: [ -m | -p | -B | -S | -X | -r reportspec ]
<query>: [-c client] [-N name] [-t time] [-q queryspec]
ok, syntax error, and saying that the savetime format is invalid.
I will now try the USA format MM/DD/YYYY:
mminfo -s server1 -q "savetime>03/10/2008,savetime<04/02/2008" -
r "volume,client,savetime(16),written"
6095:mminfo: no matches found for the query
This is an error, but not a syntax error, it seems happy with the input
buts says there is nothing there. However, there IS something there.
I tried many many variations, and in desperation, I tried 4th of April to
the 1st of January (so that the MM=DD in both cases). Bizarrely, this works:
mminfo -s server1 -q "savetime>01/01/2008,savetime<04/04/2008" -
r "volume,client,savetime(16),written"
volume client date time written
ark.a server1 15/03/2008 17:19 31 GB
ark.b server1 15/03/2008 17:19 28 GB
ark.b server1 18/03/2008 20:18 28 GB
egt.001 server1 02/04/2008 04:47 3263 MB
egt.001 server1 02/04/2008 18:56 3263 MB
egt.001 server1 02/04/2008 18:53 3263 MB
egt.001 server1 02/04/2008 04:45 3263 MB
As you can see, dates within my original query ARE there. Also, note that
the output date format is in DD/MM/YYYY. This is completely inconsistent.
Could someone with better experience of how mminfo handles savetime dates
please explain to me how to make a consistent query from date1 to date2
with mminfo.
To sign off this list, send email to listserv AT listserv.temple DOT edu and
type "signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to
networker-request AT listserv.temple DOT edu if you have any problems with this
list. You can access the archives at
http://listserv.temple.edu/archives/networker.html or
via RSS at http://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?RSS&L=NETWORKER
|
