How to find out how old tapes are

[kproehl]

Hi,

Is there a command in NetBackup 7.1.0.4 that I can run to tell my how old our tapes are?  We are trying to rotate out old tapes and need a way to find out how old our oldest tapes are.

We are running Windows 2008.

Thanks for the help.

[RamNagalla · Accepted solution]

there is a colom called "created"  in netbckup GUI--> Media , it will give the data when the media has been added to the netbackup.database. probably that will give an idea... i think..

[RiaanBadenhorst]

Hi,

vmquery -a will show you this

media ID:              1020L4
media type:            1/2" cartridge tape 2 (14)
barcode:               E01020L4
media description:     Added by Media Manager
volume pool:           NetBackup (1)
robot type:            TLD - Tape Library DLT (8)
robot number:          0
robot slot:            20
robot control host:    app-01
volume group:          000_00000_TLD
vault name:            ---
vault sent date:       ---
vault return date:     ---
vault slot:            ---
vault session id:      ---
vault container id:    -
created:               Mon 18 Aug 2014 01:09:53 PM GST
assigned:              ---
last mounted:          ---
first mount:           ---
expiration date:       ---
number of mounts:      0
max mounts allowed:    ---

So you can see the create date, and how many mounts the tape has.

[mph999]

... providing the tapes weren't deleted and readded, yes, vmquery.

[kproehl]

Thanks for the answers.  I have what I need.  Thanks again!