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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide
  3. Appendix A. NetBackup Commands
  4. vmcheckxxx
Veritas NetBackup™ Commands Reference Guide

Name

vmcheckxxx — report the media contents of a robotic library

SYNOPSIS

vmcheckxxx -rt robot_type -rn robot_number [-rh robot_host] [-h EMM_server | volume_database_host] [[-if inventory_filter_value] [-if inventory_filter_value] ...] [-full] [-list]

 

On UNIX systems, the directory path to this command is /usr/openv/volmgr/bin/

On Windows systems, the directory path to this command is install_path\Volmgr\bin\

DESCRIPTION

Report the media contents of a robotic library and optionally compare its contents with the volume configuration.

If no options are specified, the media contents of the robot and the volume configuration are listed along with a list of any mismatches detected.

Any authorized user can run this command.

For more information about NetBackup authorization, refer to the NetBackup Security and Encryption Guide.

OPTIONS

-rt robot_type

Specifies the robot type of the robot to inventory.

Valid robot types for NetBackup Enterprise Server follow:

none, acs, tld.

Valid robot types for NetBackup server follow:

none, tld.

-rn robot_number

Unique, logical identification number of the robot to inventory.

-rh robot_host

Name of the host that controls the robot. If no host is specified, the host where you execute this command is assumed.

-h EMM_server | volume_database_host

This option is only applicable for NetBackup Enterprise Server.

The name of the Enterprise Media Manager database host that contains information about the volumes in a robot. If no host is specified, the configured EMM server is used by default.

-if inventory_filter_value

This option is only applicable for NetBackup Enterprise Server.

Specifies the inventory filter values. Multiple -if options may be specified. The inventory filter value is an ACS scratch pool ID.

The -if and -full options cannot be specified together.

-full

Specifies the full inventory. The -full and -if options cannot be specified together.

-list

Lists the robot contents.

NOTES

Only limited validation of the option parameters is done.

EXAMPLES

Example: List the media contents of TLD robot 1 and the volume configuration for that robot on the host named server2. It also lists any mismatches that are detected:

# vmcheckxxx -rt tld -rn 1 -rh server2

SEE ALSO

See vmupdate.

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