Veritas-bu

Re: [Veritas-bu] quick eject script

2009-12-02 12:56:39
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] quick eject script
From: "Donaldson, Mark" <Mark.Donaldson AT Staples DOT com>
To: <Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu>
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 10:56:28 -0700

Still - to answer your question, and take the slot number thing into account.

 

for tape in `vmquery -a -l | awk '$8!="-" && $9!=0 && $12~/OFFSITE/ {print $1}'`

do

  eject $tape

done

 

The awk selects robotic tapes (field 8), not slot 0 (field 9), volume pool contains "OFFSITE" (field 12) and prints Volume ID (field 1).

 

Note - the change from field 11 below to field 12.  Field 11 is volume group, not volume pool.  Mea Culpa.

 

The eject function is left as an exercise for now.  Note: it's the "vmchange" command. 

 

Suspicion: the vault options may have this built in - I should look at that one day.

 

-M

 

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Donaldson, Mark
Sent: Wednesday, December 02, 2009 9:57 AM
To: Reynolds, Susan K.; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] quick eject script

 

Well - dunno why.  Certainly doesn't work that way for me.

 

> vmoprcmd -d ds | grep Yes

 26 hcart3   TLD               Yes   007766  007766   Yes     Yes        0  <<<<

 30 hcart3   TLD               Yes   007357  007357   Yes     Yes        0

 39 hcart3   TLD               Yes   007195  007195   Yes     Yes        0

 

> sudo vmquery -m 007766

================================================================================

media ID:              007766                                              <<<<<

media type:            1/2" cartridge tape 3 (24)

barcode:               007766L4

media description:     hcart3

volume pool:           Exchange (32)

robot type:            TLD - Tape Library DLT (8)

robot number:          1

robot slot:            114                                                 <<<<<

robot control host:    uscobrmfa-ug-50

<snip>

================================================================================

 

From: Reynolds, Susan K. [mailto:SReynolds2 AT semprautilities DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 4:58 PM
To: Donaldson, Mark; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] quick eject script

 

If slot=0 then it is in a drive; I did a vmquery on a tape that was in a drive and that’s what came back

 

From: Donaldson, Mark [mailto:Mark.Donaldson AT Staples DOT com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:55 PM
To: Reynolds, Susan K.; Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] quick eject script

 

I think your second step is in error - a tape in a drive doesn't update the vmquery slot number.

 

I'd do something like this…

 

for tape in `vmquery -rn 0 -l | awk '$11~/Offsite/ {print $1}`

do

  eject routine (lots of lines)

done

 

 

I actually do something much like this for offsite purposes.  My eject_tapes script is 60 lines of code that looks up the library for a tape given the tape number.  If the tape is in a drive, though, it just errors .  I supposed I could query the library controls for the tape location (see if it's in a drive) but right now I just eat the error when it occurs.

 

-M

 

From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Reynolds, Susan K.
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 3:22 PM
To: Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] quick eject script

 

Does anyone have a quick eject script the logic of which goes something like this:

 

1.       Eject any tapes in the OFFSITE volume pool if it is in the tape library

2.       Ignore tapes in a drive (vmquery slot number =0)

3.       And email the list of tapes to me with a report title and today’s date

 

Is there anything quick and easy out there like that?

 

Appreciate your help.

_______________________________________________
Veritas-bu maillist  -  Veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>