> Check out vmphyinv; I've used it to inventory large numbers of unknown
> tapes. Physically mounts and reads the tape, reporting on external and
> internal labels, plus the type of info found (NetBackup data, NetBackup
> catalog, other...). Lots of options. Lots.
No kidding.... wow. I'll spend some time reading through it.
Is there a way to run it non-interactively, but where it does *not*
update the database? The -non_interactive appears to apply no matter
what. Until I get familiar with it, I'm not ready to trust it.
Also, I'm not certain of all the implications.
I have a tape in my robot that has (examples here) EVSN 5 and RVSN 6.
My records show I've sent tape 6 (obviously EVSN 6) offsite. It may or
may not have valid data. I'll have to recall it to check.
With vmphyinv, is it going to try to remap RVSN 6 to barcode 5? I'm not
sure I want it to do that (in case the EVSN volume 6 has RVSN 6 on it,
and it contains other valid data).
Thank you for that info. I was trawling around in netbackup/bin all
morning. Forgot to check over on the media manager side....
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Darren Dunham ddunham at taos.com
Senior Technical Consultant TAOS http://www.taos.com/
Got some Dr Pepper? San Francisco, CA bay area
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