Sorry Adam, if this double posts to your account. I can't tell if this list
receives my replies.


When starting a restore from the Java Gui (NBU) the results will tell me
what media id it needs.  Since this is starting bpduplicate, I think you
should be able to use bpduplicate to tell you ahead of time what tape it
needs.  Look at the options for bpduplicate

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adam Levin [mailto:alevin AT audible DOT com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 8:03 AM
> To: NBU List
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Finding out which tape a file is on
> 
> 
> 
> We're dealing with kind of a weird situation (maybe it isn't 
> so weird).
> 
> We've got a pool of tapes used by developers to save their 
> stuff.  These
> are permanent backups, never expiring.  When tapes fill up, 
> we pull them
> out of the robot and put in fresh tapes.
> 
> Sometimes, the developers need to restore.  We want them to control as
> much of this as possible, but of course they can't get into 
> the machine
> room to physically insert the tapes.
> 
> They're asking for a way to know which tape(s) would be 
> needed to restore
> particular files.
> 
> Now, I know I can get a list of which images are on a 
> particular mediaid,
> and which mediaids contain a particular image, but the *image* doesn't
> help me -- I need access to the *files* in that image.
> 
> Is there a script or command somewhere in NB (3.4.1) that lets me ask,
> "Which tapes contain this file?"  I know that initiating the 
> restore will
> request the tapes needed, but they're asking to be able to know which
> tapes are needed before actually initiating the restore.
> 
> Thanks,
> -Adam
> 
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