Hello,
You can design a mminfo query to identify which media was used per client 
and reports can be saved for upto your retention as you like, then you can 
point them to the tape labled\recycled log that is generated when 
networker does relableing, i believe this is logged into deamonlog\message 
etc, save them periodically for correlations and let them search through 
it if they like, atleast you have the logs.
I save all networker related logs for upto 2 years, tape that are sent to 
IM can be inventoried also and the reports are saved as well, the 
regulation put log of strain on the system admins, but this simple steps 
might do the trick.
HTH



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Greetings

We are in the midst of responding to a discovery request (yea).   Of 
course the information of interest is beyond the retention time for the 
client.

We have attempted to explain to the lawyers (using small words) that after 
all of the savesets expire on the media where they were written, the media 
becomes eligible for re-use.   At our site, essentially all pools can 
recycle to and from each other.  Their response was, well, can you show us 
what tapes used to have the information of interest and when it was 
recycled for another client's backup?

I don't think that this is possible, I can't think of where this 
information would be logged.  We do run Backup Advisor, so maaaaybe it's 
in there, but frankly I'm deeply underwhelmed by BA, I'd give my eye teeth 
for SQL connector to the damn NW databases instead (but that's another 
rant)

I've opened a ticket with EMC to confirm my suspicion, but if someone 
could point out an approach, I'd be deeply appreciative.

Current environment
NW 7.3.3 running on win2k3.  Clients are backed up in a client-to-CDL 
followed by clone-from-CDL-to-physical-media arrangement.

Thanks in advance!
-brerrabbit

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