Adding the barcode field to the On/Offsite reports

[John_Snodgrass]

Is there any way with 7.5 to change what fields are available for the onsite and offsite picking lists? Our tape handling teams are changing and the new one only wants the complete label in the report, IE, adding the L4/L5/L6, etc to the 6 character media ID we normally get. You can see this in the media sections of the GUI, so NBU knows it. It seems to make sense that this would be helpful with tape handling reports. Is there an XML file or script that can be modified to do this. Thanks.

[SymTerry · Accepted solution]

Sorry No, the report only has the following fields described in HOWTO49038 and the Vault adminstrators guide page183:

 

IMAGES	The number of images on the volume. For Vault catalog backup media from releases earlier than NetBackup 6.0, the column displays zero.
CONTAINER ID	The ID of the container in which the volume resides in the vault. (Container vaulting only.)
EJECTED	Yes or No.
EXPIRATION	Date when the images on the volume expire. For Vault catalog backup media, displays the date that is calculated as a return date during the volume assignment.
MBYTES	The size in megabytes of images on the volume. For Vault catalog backup media from releases earlier than NetBackup 6.0, the field is empty.
CATEGORY	The type of media: NBU. NetBackup media that contains backup images. New NBU CTLG. Catalog backup media from NetBackup 6.0 and later releases. Old NBU CTLG. Catalog backup media from NetBackup releases earlier than 6.0 Add-on. Media not managed by NetBackup.
MEDIA	The ID of the media.
ROBOT	The number of the robot from which the media was ejected. (Consolidated report only.)
SLOT ID	The ID of the slot in which the volume will reside at the off-site vault. (Slot vaulting only.)

[Nicolai]

You need to tell the team that the first 6 character are unique in the organization and the type of cartridge (LTO4,LTO5) isn't relevant for their job. 

While Netbackup know 8 fields of the barcode, it internally only used the first 6. You can verify this by using bpimagelist -hoursago 12 and look for the media id in the FRAG field.

[INT_RND]

You can control which 6 characters are used by Netbackup:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH38876

[John_Snodgrass]

Nic,

I wish it was that simple.  We have to confirm to their rules.  I have some new questions that I'll start a new thread.