Auto-Eject tapes that arent expired Media

Only way this can be done is via a custom script.

nbemmcmd -listmendia -mediaid <maedia id> output will give required info.

If Robot Type is not equal to NONE AND there is a Time Assigned than the tape should be ejected.

The vmchange command can be used for this.

Martin

There is nothing in NBU that will automatically do this. I cannot even think how you would script something like that!

But why would you in the first place put non-expired tapes back in the robot?

If you keep an eye on Media Summary report (Verbose mode) you will know when images expire and only put Scratch tapes back in the robot.

What is your concern about the non-expired tapes? That new backups will be appended to the tapes?

Marianne,

   3rd party handling of tapes, and just in case human-error...

Mph999

  - Would that script only list what isnt expried? not actually perform an export task?

3rd party handling of tapes, and just in case human-error...

What kind of human error?

Are you scared that tapes will be overwritten?
NBU will merely append. Not overwrite.
 

ok... would my best bet, to engage support direct and test out a script?

The AUTO_UPDATE_ROBOT in your vm.conf would automatically cause tapes to be loaded once they were put into the map - you could then run a script to then query the tapes and eject what you do not want.

A vmquery command against the robot type and number would then pipe out what is in the library - you then need to query that and use vmchange to eject those with a time assigned value

I would have thought that would be a professional services task rather than a support task to be honest - or someone on here with the time and good will to write it for you!

Mark,

Goodwill is right!! trying to think of a shared value, i could offer, and chances are a person that could write this, already has the knowledge i could share :)

then again, I got some great NFL picks for this weekend, i could share :)

Support will not create customized script for you, they can only point you to what commands you can use to achieve that script, on your own.

From what I can see here, a few of these commands might be vmcheckxxx, bpmedialist and vlteject etc.

What OS is the Master server, If unix/ linux I can probably write something given a bit of time ....