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HariSubramanian's avatar
11 years ago

Tape details for eject-able tapes

We are using Symantec Netbackup 7.5.0.6. We use to eject the tapes through a vault job, want to know is there any way to find the details of the media which is going to be ejected. Your valuable suggestions are welcome. Thanks in Advance

  • from the Vault Admin Guide

    Previewing media to be ejected
    Before you eject media, you can preview the media to be ejected. To preview that
    media, you can use the administration console or the vlteject command.
    To preview media to be ejected using the administration console


    1 Select the vault or profile for which you want to eject media.


    2 Select Actions > Deferred Eject.


    3 In the DeferredEject dialog box, if necessary, select a vault, profile, or session
    ID. The options that are selected in the dialog box depend on whether you
    are ejecting for all vaults, for a single vault, or for a profile.


    4 Click Get Preview and then select one or more of the profiles in the Eject
    Preview window.


    To preview media to be ejected using the vlteject command
    ◆ From a command prompt, enter the vlteject command in the following
    format, specifying the robot, vault, or session for which you want to preview
    ejected media:
    vlteject -preview [-vault vault_name [-profile profile_name]]
    [-profile robot_no/vault_name/profile_name]
    [-robot robot_no]
    [-sessionid id]

  • from the Vault Admin Guide

    Previewing media to be ejected
    Before you eject media, you can preview the media to be ejected. To preview that
    media, you can use the administration console or the vlteject command.
    To preview media to be ejected using the administration console


    1 Select the vault or profile for which you want to eject media.


    2 Select Actions > Deferred Eject.


    3 In the DeferredEject dialog box, if necessary, select a vault, profile, or session
    ID. The options that are selected in the dialog box depend on whether you
    are ejecting for all vaults, for a single vault, or for a profile.


    4 Click Get Preview and then select one or more of the profiles in the Eject
    Preview window.


    To preview media to be ejected using the vlteject command
    ◆ From a command prompt, enter the vlteject command in the following
    format, specifying the robot, vault, or session for which you want to preview
    ejected media:
    vlteject -preview [-vault vault_name [-profile profile_name]]
    [-profile robot_no/vault_name/profile_name]
    [-robot robot_no]
    [-sessionid id]