Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Mount a specific Tape

2005-05-26 15:46:57
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Mount a specific Tape
From: dlogcher AT MIT DOT EDU (Dan Logcher)
Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 15:46:57 -0400
Larsen, Errin M HMMA/IT wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> How do I mount a specific tape (I know the Barcode number, and the slot)
> in my L180 Library?  I want to look throught the files on that tape
> manually.
> 
> The real problem is, There are some old backups on the tape that
> Netbackup has expired, but I don't believe they have been overwritten.
> Is there a good way to look and see?

Try "tpreq" command.  I usually use, "tpreq -d hcart2 -ev <barcode> -p <pool>
-f /tmp/<barcode>"  And then access the tape via /tmp/<barcode>.

-- 
Dan

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