images and client backups

[wizard_s32]

Can someone please share with  me any easy command other than bpimmedia ..... the question is how to find images / client backup on a media ... ??

[Marianne]

What kind of output are you looking for?

bpimmedia have different switches to make output more readable. bpimmedia is the only command to list images on media.

If you are looking for a command to list the actual files/folders on a specific piece of media - there is no such command...

bplist will list files/folders in the image if you specify the image timestamp with -d.

If you need to know which tape was used for clientX backup last night, you can use:

bpimagelist -client clientX -media -hoursago 24

[wizard_s32]

Thanks but i want to know i have list of medias and want to know what is the command for seeing what is on it ... image on media and client backups it contains... any other alternate option other than bpimmedia

[Marianne]

What is your problem with bpimmedia? That is the NBU command. Have you tried the different switches (-L , -U)?

[Andy_Welburn]

you want to see that bpimmedia is not providing then maybe we could offer some alternatives? (Altho' bpimmedia "does exactly as it says on the tin")

[marekkedzierski]

If you want to browse images for files - it's not possible using single command.

[Andy_Welburn · Accepted solution]

DOCUMENTATION: How to list files that are backed up on a particular client

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH94084

which uses:

bpimmedia to determine the images on the tape

bpdbm -ctime to decode the time

bplist to produce the list of files.

[Will_Restore]

use GUI Reports, Images on Media

CLI would require a combination like Andy mentions above