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How do I bring a tape drive up in NetBackup?
To bring up a tape drive in NetBackup, you can use the vmoprcmd command. /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmoprcmd -up For example, to bring up drive...
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How do I update the inventory of my tape library from the command line in NetBackup?
To update the inventory of your library in NetBackup from the command line, you can use the vmupdate command. The command below...
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How do I manually reset the mount time on a tape drive in NetBackup?
To manually reset the mount time for a tape drive in NetBackup, you can use the tpclean command. To view the status...
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What is a simple NetBackup failure reporting script?
An easy way to search for failures in NetBackup is as follows: #!/bin/bash if [ $# -eq 1 ] then HOURS=$1 /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bperror...
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How do I search for tape errors in NetBackup?
A script that we at MyTechForum.com use to search for media errors is called tapechk.sh. # cat tapechk.sh #!/usr/local/bin/bash export TODAY=$(date +%m%d%y)...
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How do I find FROZEN or SUSPENDED tapes in NetBackup?
To find FROZEN or SUSPENDED tapes in NetBackup, you can run the bpmedialist command. /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpmedialist -summary | egrep ‘\(FROZEN\)|\(SUSPENDED\)’ Using egrep you...
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How do I change the media type for a tape in NetBackup?
The vmchange command can be used to change the media type of a tape. /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmchange -new_mt media_type -m media_id An example is...
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How do I list scratch tapes in NetBackup using the command line?
Using the vmquery command you can determine which tapes are scratch. /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -a -w | awk ‘$20==”00\/00\/0000″ {print $1}’ Depending on the...
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How do I check the status of the robot in my tape library using NetBackup?
To check the status of your robot in your tape library, you can use the vmchange command. /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmchange -res -robot_info -verbose -rn...
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How do I determine which tapes are cleaning tapes in NetBackup?
To list cleaning tapes in NetBackup you can use the vmquery command. /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -mt /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/vmquery -mt hcart_clean Some valid media types include:...