Unfortunately, I do not have a windows box and tape subsystem that I can 
experiment with, so here are a few suggestions:

load the tape into the drive (waiting until all activity stops) and issue the 
following command to see if it comes back with the tape info:

vmoprcmd -d

Does this tape have an EVSN ( is it in a barcode library?)  If so, try doing 
this with the EVSN and see if the tape header shows the RVSN:

bpmedialist -mcontents -ev <EVSN>

If not, try downloading dd for windows (or the unix utils for windows) and 
accomplishing the same task posted originally.  Try replacing /dev/rmt with the 
device name in windows - performing a tpconfig -d should list your tape 
devices.  They're usually tape0, tape1, etc...

I apologize but I don't have a windows box in front of me to experiment - this 
is all off the top of my head.

HTH,
Gary



On 23 Jan 2003 10:52 EST you wrote:

> Gary,
> What if you are using Windows 2000?
> 
> Michael
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gary Losito [mailto:gary AT losito DOT ws]
> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:33 AM
> To: Katerina Giannakeli; veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu;
> nbu-lserv AT dsihost-srv01 DOT com
> Subject: Re: [NBUADV-L] Unknown Media ID...please HELP!
> 
> 
> Katerina,
> 
> Try doing this:
> 
> First load the tape into the drive.  If it is a unix media server, type "dd
> if=/dev/rmt/0 bs=1024 count=1 | strings" (note: for /dev/rmt, use the
> correct tape device) and search for a label string of some sort.  This will
> give you the header information on the tape which includes the RVSN.
> 
> Hope this helps,
> Gary
> 
> 
> On 23 Jan 2003 09:45 EST you wrote:
> 
> > Greetings all,
> > 
> > I have the following problem.
> > I have a tape which contains a backup from October 2002, but I do not know
> > the media id of this tape.
> > To import the tape I need to know the media id.
> > 
> > I have tried allocated the tape to a slot with a different mediaid and
> > manually load it in a tape device, but when I open Device Monitor, there
> is
> > not displayed the RVSN...
> > 
> > Does anyone know how I can "extract" the media id from the tape?
> > 
> > please note I have NB 3.4(with all patches) installed.
> > 
> > This is really important and I would appreciate any help provided!!!
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Thank you for your time,
> > 
> > Kat
> > 
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