available_media doesn't really do that much except call
vmpool, vmquery and bpmedialist.  It does a couple of loops depending
on the number of pools you have.  You may be able to get
the info you need with something like

vmquery -a -bx

but you still will need to know what is what and
how to interpret available media.  The speed
probably will not be that much greater.  Maybe
it's time to look at the master/media server config
and figure out some upgrade/improvement path.


Thanks
Peter


Siano, James C wrote:
> hello.
> 
> Running the available media script sometimes is like running through thick
> mud.  I use the script's output to see what tapes are available so I can
> reuse them.   I want to bring back my tapes from a year ago and recycle
> them.
> 
> I run available media on my Unix master, then ftp it to PC and put it into
> EXCEL so I can pretty it up.  Paper is better for me sitting next to a pile
> of tapes.
> 
> * What I'm looking for:
> I would like to get a script that works faster than the available-media 
> * the script would include an output column for volume group and expiration
> date.   
> 
> Jim
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