The tpreq command will certainly get the tape mounted, then you can 
manually position, etc....

However, I'd suggest you look at the bpmedialist -mcontents command.  
This is the equivalent to the "Media Contents" report from the GUI.  
That will mount the tape and show you all the backup headers that are 
on the tape.  If there are old backups that haven't yet been 
overwritten, you can then use the import process to re-create them in 
NBU... and then restore if need be.

HTH
-Tim

On May 26, 2005, at 2:46 PM, Dan Logcher wrote:

> Larsen, Errin M HMMA/IT wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>> How do I mount a specific tape (I know the Barcode number, and the 
>> slot)
>> in my L180 Library?  I want to look throught the files on that tape
>> manually.
>> The real problem is, There are some old backups on the tape that
>> Netbackup has expired, but I don't believe they have been overwritten.
>> Is there a good way to look and see?
>
> Try "tpreq" command.  I usually use, "tpreq -d hcart2 -ev <barcode> -p 
> <pool>
> -f /tmp/<barcode>"  And then access the tape via /tmp/<barcode>.
>
> -- 
> Dan
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