These values are (mostly) documented in the 4.5 bpmedialist man page,
which says:

        If -U is an option, the status field  appears  as  English
       text. Otherwise, the status appears as a hexadecimal inte­
       ger. This is a three-digit value.  The  interpretation  of
       the  two  upper-order  digits is given here. Any or all of
       these flags can be set. Settings other than  those  listed
       here correspond to unreported states.

       >= 0x200 Multiplexing is TRUE.

       >= 0x080 Imported is TRUE.

       >= 0x040 Multiple retention levels is TRUE.

       The  interpretation  for  the  low-order  status  digit is
       determined by comparing the digit to the following  values
       in order.

       >= 0x008 The status is Full.

       >= 0x004 This is an unreported state.

       >= 0x002 The status is Suspended.

       == 0x001 The status is Frozen.

       == 0x000 The status is Active.

       The  reported status is the status for the low-order digit
       combined with the status for the upper-order  digits.  For
       instance,  for  a  status  value of 0x040, the media ID is
       active, and multiple retention levels are in effect.



Letnes, David G. writes:
> A follow up to the question posed below is when you do the vmquery -a -w,
> what does each column mean, does someone have a breakdown of each column?
> Can you tell which tapes are available to be used and which ones are full by
> running either the vmquery -a -w or by running bpmedialist -L/-l -mlist?  I
> think the status field has something to do with it but I don't know what
> these mean:
> status = 0x0
> status = 0x1
> status = 0x11
> status = 0x200
> status = 0x8
> status = 0x28
> status = 0x108
> status = 0x128
> status = 0x208
> status = 0x228
> 
> Thank You
> David
> 

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