| If you want to work out which tapes are required for a restore either:
-- through the admin GUi in the Backup, Archive & Recovery pane select the files to be restored as usual and before clicking on the "Restore" button and it tells you which tapes you need -- if you prefer the command line then you can use "bpimagelist -media -U -client clientname -hoursago NN" if its the most recent backup or use the "-e" and "-s" flags to specify start/end backup window
If you want to know what is on each tape then try "bpimmedia media_number" that gives you a report of all the backup fragments and their associated images on the tape. I wouldn't even think about writing which backup images on the individual tapes - if you're worried about importing swathes of tapes then it could be worth saving a copy of "bpimmedia -m mediaid_number" whenever you remove a tape somewhere safe so you've got a redundant version of what's on each tape... You can then go back through these reports to which out which tapes an image spans.
Rgds,
Henry
On 9 Nov 2006, at 11:34, WEAVER, Simon wrote: Dave In respect of knowing what client backup was on the monthly tape. For example if SERVER1 was backed up with a 1 year retention it is classed as a monthly backup. That tape is unloaded and placed into a safe / vault. If 5 months down the line they need to restore data for the client, they wanted to quickly find out what tape was used for restoring any data for the server1 backup. Anyhow, I think the easiest method here is going to just rely on activity monitor and if a tape is needed not in the Library, then they can just go ahead and load it :-) Regards Simon Weaver
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Hi all Quick question - NBU 5.1 MP2 Win2k3 Server One of our libraries has over 40 tapes taken out each and every month to be stored in a safe. Trouble is, it is a time consuming process to label each tape (not that I mind too much!). Anyhow, is there an EASY method or way to tell What data is on a tape via a command line without the need to load the single tape into the library? I could go through tapes one by one, but is there an easier method I am overlooking? Thank you Regards Simon Weaver
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