----- "George Sinclair" <George.Sinclair AT NOAA DOT GOV> a écrit :

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to scan a tape that was written to another/old NW backup 
> server, and I have the ssid. How can I expedite the process of getting
> 
> to the start of the save set on the tape without having to read
> through 
> *all* the data on the tape?
> 
> What I'd like to do is essentially mimic the speed of save set recover
> 
> if the database on the new server instead already knew about the tape
> 
> and its save sets, which, of course, it doesn't.
> 
> Checking the man page for scanner, I see the 'f' and 'r' options for 
> starting file and record number.
> 
> 1. I assume that would accomplish what I need?
> 
> 2. Assuming I can query the media database on the old server that 
> contains all the information on this tape, how do I determine the 'f'
> 
> and 'r' values to supply to scanner on the new server?
> 
> George
> 
Hello,

you can issue a mminfo command like that :

mminfo -q "ssid=your_ssid" -r "volume,mediafile,mediarec"

Check the mminfo man pages, it will help you...

Denis

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