Networker 7.2 Backup report

[timeiu79]

I'm a Networker newbie, so please bear with me. For a long time, our backups have required a change of tapes roughly 1 time per month. For the past few months, however, I am changing the tapes about 1 time per week, and I'm not sure why they are filling up so quickly. Is there a way to view a report of what is being backed up and the size of the data being backed up, so I can see what has changed? Is there something else I should be checking? Thanks!

 

[605]

Look at the media report and check the media capacity. If there is an unrecoverable write error, NW will set the tape to full prematurely which might explain the behavior.

 

[timeiu79]

Where can the media report be found?

 

[605]

As i do not know your version, the easiest was is to run this command : mminfo -m

 

[timeiu79]

Ok, I got the report, so I'm looking for tapes that are marked "full" with the data on them being below capacity, correct?

 

[605]

Sure. It's the only logical combination.

 

[nosky]

Hi

command mminfo combination example:
backup_client_last_week
#mminfo -a -t 'last week' -q "client="client_name"" -r client -r 'sscomp(18),client,name,totalsize'

bckup_in_time_info
#mminfo -a -q "savetime>=mm/dd/yy,savetime<=mm/dd/yy" -r "savetime,group,client,totalsize,name,pool"

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