qinfo media

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Description

This command displays the following information about a given media:

  • Barcode (Name)

  • Storage policy

  • Storage policy copy

  • Location

  • Library

  • Status

  • Description

  • Retain until date

  • Last export time

  • Media creation time

  • Scratch pool (for example, Cleaning Media and Default Scratch)

  • Media type (for example, ULTRIUM V4 and ULTRIUM V5)

  • Total Data (GB)

  • Last restore time

  • Last backup time

In case of an error, an error code and description are displayed as: "media: Error errorcode: errordescription"

Usage

qinfo media -b <barcode> [-desc] [-tf <tokenfile>] [-tk <token>] [-h]
    

Options

-b

Barcode

-desc

Displays description provided by the user

-tf

Reads token from a file

-tk

Token string

-h

Displays help

Note

To display the provided user description without other information for the media, include the -desc option when you run the command. Otherwise, all the requested information along with only a partial description will be displayed.

Diagnostics

Possible exit status values are:

0 - Successful completion.

1 - CLI usage failures, due to the use of an unsupported option or missing argument.

2 - Any other failure.

Example

Display information about a media named O10010WW.

E:\commandline>qinfo media -b 010010WW
 Name                :10010WW
 Storage policy      :battra_t(battra)-DP(2)
 Copy                :Primary
 Location            :slot2
 Library             :Library1
 Status              :Idle
 Description         :Media description
 Retain until date   :now
 Last Export Time    :Mon Dec 11 14:40:02 2017
 Creation Time       :Wed Oct  4 11:41:16 2017
 Scratch Pool        :Default Scratch
 Media Type          :Virtual Tape
 Total Data(GB)      :0.00
 Last Backup Time    :Mon Jun 25 11:25:54 2018
 Last Restore Time   :Wed Dec  6 12:41:25 2017
    

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