Well, if the information is simply not available, can someone point me to a
document saying so? Our brilliant auditors are requiring proof one way or
another in our DR documentation.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Wanda Prather
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 12:55 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] LTO Tape Life

I know, I just hate manual processes.

What I want is an API so that we can get that sort of info back to the host
in an automated fashion.
I want to be able to run something like:

audit volume * report(medialife)
or
audit volume * report=EXCEPTIONSONLY

(wouldn't that be cool?)


On 6/21/08, Richard Sims <rbs AT bu DOT edu> wrote:
>
> On Jun 21, 2008, at 10:12 AM, Wanda Prather wrote:
>
> The only way we're going to get this info, is if somebody provides
>> an API to
>> read from the cartridge chip.  I'm kinda suprised nobody has done
>> that yet
>> -- except as Tom says, the cartridges tend to last a long time anyway.
>>
>
> As noted in ADSM QuickFacts, see
>
>  www.mptapes.com
>
> and
>
>  http://www.mesa.nl/pub/tapeutil/
>
> There are probably other facilities out there as well.
>
>  Richard Sims
>

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