Which command will list tape/media with barcode ?

vmquery -m <media-id>

or

nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid <media-id>

Thanks Marianne for support.

of vmquery & nbemmcmd , which one is safe to execute and has least previlege

Hi Mate,

 

Both are good commands, use vmquery I suggest.

The commands need the same access level - root if you are using a Unix master.

They are safe because they only report on tape status.

vmquery is located in volmgr/bin and nbemmcmd in netbackup/bin/admincmd.

nbemmcmd gives additional media status. You will see the difference when you run the commands.

For detailed info on NBU commands, see NBU Commands Reference Guide http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3684

Nortonsfan

Please let us know if we managed to answer your query?

I have run some tests today with these commands as root and as normal user:

Herewith first 3 lines output from 'vmquery':
/root >vmquery -m 000031
================================================================================
media ID:              000031
media type:            1/2" cartridge tape 2 (14)
barcode:               000031

nbemmcmd:
/root >nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid 000031
NBEMMCMD, Version:7.1
====================================================================
Media GUID:                     dbe285d6-1754-11e1-8000-8811c0cc8f89
Media ID:                       000031
Partner:                        -
Media Type:                     HCART2
Volume Group:                   001_00000_TLD
Application:                    Netbackup
Media Flags:                    1
Description:                    Scratch Media
Barcode:                        000031
.....
....
 

Although nbemmcmd seem to have execute permission for everyone, it can only be run by root (or if sudo access has been granted by OS admins):

$ ls -l nbemmcmd
-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 1028182 Feb  4  2011 nbemmcmd

running command as user 'admin':

[admin@master admincmd]$ ./nbemmcmd -listmedia -mediaid 000031
NBEMMCMD, Version:7.1
You are not authorized to run this command.
Command did not complete successfully.

vmquery worked as user 'admin':

-r-xr-xr-x 1 root daemon 409952 Feb  4  2011 vmquery

[admin@master ]$ /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -m 000031
================================================================================
media ID:              000031
media type:            1/2" cartridge tape 2 (14)
barcode:               000031
.....

 

Hope this helps?