rafal wiosna wrote:
>       I don't want to go thru those 700+ pages of Admin Guide PDF again so
> I'll ask here... I have 30+ tapes like this:
> 
> 000025  HCART    TLD      0       40     -       4     108000140        FULL
> 000028  HCART    TLD      0       37     -       1     133308178        FULL
> 000030  HCART    TLD      0       41     -       4     107100921        FULL
> 000035  HCART    TLD      0       46     -       4     107464652        FULL
> 
>       Great, backups avaliable, sitting to be retrived, getting ready for
> expiration [not the "tape expire" date, the images expire date]. But how do
> I check when a particular tape will be back in AVALIABLE pool? I know about
> reports in java console but I prefer using commandline tool so I can
> generate a bash/perl report and send a message saying "000035 will expire
> 04/02/03" etc, along with avaliable_media output.

bpmedialist -ev <mediaid>


> 
>       Also, I wonder when a tape becomes AVALIABLE -- is it when the last
> image expires?

yes.

> 
>       And what about mixed-retention levels tapes? I know this is bad but
> I have several tapes FULL with mixed retention levels due to problems
> getting new tapes on time -- I hat to improvise. When such a tape will be
> back in AVALIABLE pool?

I'd stay away from mixed retention levels, if possible. It is possible 
for one image to prevent a tape from becoming available to NBU.

> 
>       NB DC 4.5 MP2 running on Solaris.
> 


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