[Veritas-bu] How do I tell what tape is in a standalone drive ?

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If it's an electronically labeled tape (bplabel) then the "vmoprcmd -d ds"
command should show it.
-M

-----Original Message-----
From: MOYES-CLARK,SHANNON (HP-FtCollins,ex1) [mailto:shannonm AT hp DOT com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 24, 2003 3:04 PM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] How do I tell what tape is in a standalone drive?


Hi all,
 
    So we have been having some problems where an operator puts the wrong
tape into a standalone drive that is part of the wrong volume pool and
already has data on it, but is appendable.  We will not discuss how it is
that the tapes got pulled in the first place when they were not full . . . .
. . . . . so how do I find out what tape is in a given drive prior to the
backups starting with out actually going over and checking each drive?
 
    You can tell what tape is in a slot via the gui or vmquery, but I do not
see anything to indicate the standalone drive.  What am I missing??????
 
Thanks,
 
Shannon
 
 

Shannon J. Moyes Clark
Software Engineer
Storage Software Division
Hewlett Packard Company
shannon.moyes-clark AT hp DOT com < <  <mailto:shannon.moyes-clark AT hp DOT 
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<DIV><SPAN class=769434321-24092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>If 
it's an electronically labeled tape (bplabel) then the "vmoprcmd -d ds" command 
should show it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=769434321-24092003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff 
size=2>-M</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
  <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Tahoma 
  size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> MOYES-CLARK,SHANNON 
  (HP-FtCollins,ex1) [mailto:shannonm AT hp DOT com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, 
  September 24, 2003 3:04 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 
  veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Veritas-bu] How 
do I 
  tell what tape is in a standalone drive?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=010465820-24092003>Hi 
  all,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; So we have been having&nbsp;some 
  problems where an operator puts the wrong tape into a standalone drive that 
is 
  part of the wrong volume pool and already has data on it, but is 
  appendable.&nbsp; We will not discuss how it is that the tapes got pulled in 
  the first place when they were not full . . . . . . . . . so how do I find 
out 
  what tape is in a given drive prior to the backups starting with out actually 
  going over and checking each drive?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; You can tell what tape is in a 
  slot via the gui or vmquery, but I do not see anything to indicate the 
  standalone drive.&nbsp; What am I missing??????</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003>Thanks,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003></SPAN></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN 
  class=010465820-24092003>Shannon</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV>
  <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT>&nbsp;</DIV><!-- Converted 
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  <P><FONT size=2>Shannon J. Moyes Clark<BR>Software Engineer<BR>Storage 
  Software Division<BR>Hewlett Packard Company<BR>shannon.moyes-clark AT hp DOT 
com 
  &lt; &lt;</FONT><A href="mailto:shannon.moyes-clark AT hp DOT com"><FONT 
  size=2>mailto:shannon.moyes-clark AT hp DOT com</FONT></A><FONT 
size=2>&gt;&gt;<BR>- 
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  that legal stuff about the opinions expressed here being mine and not those 
of 
  HP<SPAN 
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