Re: List of tapes needed for partial restore.

2011-09-23 Thread Ferid Cholich
Thanks, Erwann, We are at 5.5 release. I know that in some situations clients could do on higher release than server. I will do research and upgrade clients, if possible. Then I would try these new features. Thanks, Ferid. - Original Message - From: Erwann SIMON To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.ED

Re: List of tapes needed for partial restore.

2011-09-23 Thread Richard Sims
Ten or more years ago, there might have been some need to know what tapes might be involved in an operation; but with advancing technology, the need is largely nonexistent (VTL, etc.). With enterprise level equipment, humans should not have to know what media might be called for. Keep in mind

Re: List of tapes needed for partial restore.

2011-09-23 Thread Erwann SIMON
Hi Ferid, With the 6.x client, there is a new option called querysummary for query backup and query archive commands. Using this option adds information about the data query (volume of data, number of files...) and the number of volumes required to satisfy the equivalent restore or retrieve. T