08-20-2012 01:47 AM
Hello,
Is there any command to check below information on a NBU tape ?????
Total Capacity
Used Capacity
Available Capacity
Compression Ratio
Regards,
Bharath
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08-20-2012 02:46 AM
NBU does not know about the capacity of a tape. As far as NBU is concerned a single tape can hold an unlimited amount of data. Therefore, there are no values for Total / Available Capacity.
NBU only marks a tape as full, when it is told the tape is full by the tapedrive, this is why NBU has no knowledge of capacity - it doesn't need to know.
The compression is done by the tape drive, and so NBU does not have information for this either, as the tape drive does not pass this info back.
We do know how much is written though - bpmedialist is one way to see this. The Tape reports in the GUI is another.
Martin
08-20-2012 02:46 AM
NBU does not know about the capacity of a tape. As far as NBU is concerned a single tape can hold an unlimited amount of data. Therefore, there are no values for Total / Available Capacity.
NBU only marks a tape as full, when it is told the tape is full by the tapedrive, this is why NBU has no knowledge of capacity - it doesn't need to know.
The compression is done by the tape drive, and so NBU does not have information for this either, as the tape drive does not pass this info back.
We do know how much is written though - bpmedialist is one way to see this. The Tape reports in the GUI is another.
Martin
08-25-2012 12:53 AM
Thanks a lot Martin!!!!