Having checked the mnual, if using contains, you have to manyually add ejected medias to a container, for the vault fileds to be populated.
Further, vault does not 'auto' fill the return date for contains, it has to be viewed using container management part of vltopmenu, example below.
[root@nbmaster2 nbdb_test]# vltopmenu
loading profiles...
NetBackup Vault Operator Menu
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Current Profile: 0/vault/vault
Current Session: 5
Current Report Destinations - Print command:c
Email:
Directory:
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p) Select Profile m) Modify the Report Destinations...
u) Profile Up r) Run Reports for This Session
d) Profile Down v) Run Individual Reports...
s) Select Session cp) Consolidate Preview
pr) Preview Media for This Session cr) Consolidate All Reports
i) Inject Media into Robot ce) Consolidate All Ejects
e) Eject Media for This Session re) Consolidate All Reports and Ejects
c) Container Management...
Selection--> c
NetBackup Vault Operator Menu
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Current Profile: 0/vault/vault
Current Session: 6
Current Report Destinations - Print command:
Email:
Directory:
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Manage Containers:
m) Move media into one or more containers
e) Move all media ejected by this session, into one container
f) Move all media listed in a file, into one container
v) View a container's return date
r) Change a container's return date
d) Delete a container
q) Quit
b) Go back to previous menu
Selection--> e
Enter container ID:
BOX1
-: SUMMARY OF CONTAINER VAULTING OPERATION :-
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Total Number of Containers Used = 1
===============================================
Container 1 : BOX1
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Media ID 1: M00021
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Would you like to save this operation? (y/n) [y]: y
-: SUMMARY OF ACTUAL CONTAINER VAULTING HAPPENED :-
======================================================
Total Number of Containers Vaulted = 1
======================================================
Container 1: BOX1
---------------------------------------------
Media ID 1 : M00021
======================================================
* Note: All the containers used in above operation have been
assigned default return dates based on the expiration
dates of media kept in them.
Please assign new return dates to the containers as
per your need.
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Press [Return] to continue
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From vmquery
vault name: vault
vault sent date: Tue 31 Oct 2017 03:24:06 AM EDT
vault return date: ---
vault slot: ---
vault session id: 6
vault container id: BOX1
Vault doesn't show a return date for containers, you have to check this is the Manage containers part of vltopmenu
Eg. (after expiring the tape in BOX10
Manage Containers:
m) Move media into one or more containers
e) Move all media ejected by this session, into one container
f) Move all media listed in a file, into one container
v) View a container's return date
r) Change a container's return date
d) Delete a container
q) Quit
b) Go back to previous menu
Selection--> v
Enter container ID:
(Press [Return] to view all containers' return dates.)
BOX1
return date of container BOX1 is 11/14/2017
Seeing that it seems that you had ths working previouly, I thinking now that you have accidently switched to using container when you were previously using slots, as, per the manual, and my test, containers do not automatically populate the return dates.
