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Over the past couple of weeks I've seen a number of messages about wanting 
a CLI to query the robot for an inventory as well as importing and 
ejecting tapes.  I've seen a number of references to 'robtest' as well as 
'tldtest'.  I would strongly discourage the use of these commands because 
they do *not* update the media database.  The commands that should be used 
are 'vmcheckxxx' for getting an inventory, 'vmchange' to eject tapes to a 
mail slot (or cartridge access port [CAP]), and 'vmupdate' to import tapes 
from the mail slot / CAP.  vmchange and vmupdate will modify the media 
database; ejected tapes will show as not being in the robot; imported 
tapes will show as being back in the robot.  The '*test' commands only 
cause the robot to move the media; no changes are made to the media 
database.  This means the media database will be out of sync with reality 
and that will definitely cause problems.

-- Tony Guzzi
Solutions Engineer
Storability, Inc.
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Over the past couple of weeks I've seen a 
number of messages about wanting a CLI to query the robot for an inventory as 
well as importing and ejecting tapes. &nbsp;I've seen a number of references to 
'robtest' as well as 'tldtest'. &nbsp;I would strongly discourage the use of 
these commands because they do *not* update the media database. &nbsp;The 
commands that should be used are 'vmcheckxxx' for getting an inventory, 
'vmchange' to eject tapes to a mail slot (or cartridge access port [CAP]), and 
'vmupdate' to import tapes from the mail slot / CAP. &nbsp;vmchange and 
vmupdate will modify the media database; ejected tapes will show as not being 
in the robot; imported tapes will show as being back in the robot. &nbsp;The 
'*test' commands only cause the robot to move the media; no changes are made to 
the media database. &nbsp;This means the media database will be out of sync 
with reality and that will definitely cause problems.</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif"><br>
-- Tony Guzzi<br>
Solutions Engineer</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Storability, Inc.</font>
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