When was this scratch tape put in?

[Spanjis]

Is there a way to check when a scratch tape was put in?
The database does not register scratch tapes(until they are used), the only way i can see them is when i query libvol.

Thanks!

 

[Spanjis]

tried with q actlog, but it shows only this month.

 

[ProbablyDown]

So your actlog only goes back one month?

 

[Spanjis]

looks like it only shows the current month, is there a way to change this?

 

[ProbablyDown]

Well there a couple things you can do - firstly, yes, you can change that - if you 'q stat' you will see Actlog Retention - that will tell you how far back it goes. I just checked one of my servers and its set to 30D also - Ideally you want to be able to go back a bit further, maybe 60D. Use 'SET ACTLOGRETENTION' ('help SETACTLOGRETENTION' will explain it better than I would)

For your volume issue - Not sure how you will get a date now... What I do to keep track of scratches is that I have a dummy tapepool that I define all my scratch vols to. When I add scratches, I delete them from the dummy tapepool (you have to delete from the dummy pool to check them in as scratch or you'll get an error). This logs a STGDELETE entry in the volhistory table in case I need to know when I added it to the library.

Again, not sure how you'll get the info now - but this may help you going forward.

 

[mbourne2006]

Guys

If you are using Operational Reporter, you can use that to add information about scratch checkins to your daily report. Operational Reporter is free, and requires only a Windows-based system to run on.

In this way, you could potentially have an audit trail in email form that listed all your tape movements in and out of the library on a daily basis.

Have Fun !
Matthew Bourne
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