NetVault 11.4.5 - CLI Reference Guide

Table 29. nvscandrives
Option	Description
-servername	Specifies the name of the NetVault Backup Server that administers the job. This option is required when a remote server administers the job. It can be omitted when a local server administers the job. The server name is case‑sensitive.
-clientname	Use this option to view the drives attached to a NetVault Backup Client. If you do not provide the client name, the drives available on the server are displayed.
-filername	Use this option view the drives attached to an NDMP filer.

nvsetcleaninglives

Description

Sets the number of lives for a cleaning tape in the specified library.

Before running the nvsetcleaninglives command, verify that the slot that you want to use is configured as a Cleaning Slot and a cleaning tape is placed in the slot. For more information about setting a cleaning slot, see the Quest NetVault Backup Administrator's Guide.

Syntax

nvsetcleaninglives [-servername <server name>] -libraryname <library name>
[-slotnumber <slot number>] [-lives <lives>]

Options

Table 30. nvsetcleaninglives
Option	Description
-servername	Specifies the name of the NetVault Backup Server that administers the job. This option is required when a remote server administers the job. It can be omitted when a local server administers the job. The server name is case‑sensitive.
-libraryname	Specifies the name of the target library.
-slotnumber	Specifies the cleaning slot number in the library.
-lives	Specifies the number of lives for the cleaning tape.

Examples

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Set the number of lives to 7 for a piece of cleaning media residing in slot 6 of library “ADIC_Library_6”; the library is locally attached to “NVSERVER”:

nvsetcleaninglives -server NVSERVER -libraryname ADIC_Library_6 -slotnumber 6
-lives 7

nvsetdrivecleaning

Description

Sets cleaning cycle for the specified library.

Syntax

nvsetdrivecleaning -libraryname <library name> -librarydrivenumber <drive number>
-days <number of days> -dataxfersize <data transfer size> -hours <number of hours>
-rwerrors <number of read/write errors> [-displayonly [-selectionstate]]

Options

Table 31. nvsetdrivecleaning
Option	Description
-libraryname	Specifies the name of the target library.
-librarydrivenumber	Specifies the drive number of the drive for which the cleaning cycle has to be set.
-days	Specifies the maximum number of days the drive can be used before a clean cycle.
-dataxfersize	Specifies the maximum amount of data that be transferred before a clean cycle.
-hours	Specifies the maximum number of hours that the drive can be used until a clean cycle.
-rwerrors	Specifies the maximum number of read/write errors that can occur before a clean cycle.
-displayonly	Displays the current settings for the specified drive. Without the -selectionstate option, the -displayonly option does not show if the settings are being used. Example: nvsetdrivecleaning -libraryname “LIB1” -librarydrivenumber 2 ‑displayonly Output: Days = 22 Data Transferred (Gb) = 22 Hours of Use = 40 Soft Read/Write Errors (x100) = 1
-selectionstate	Displays selection state of the options (that is, TRUE or FALSE depending on if the option is selected in the WebUI). This option must be used with -displayonly. Example: nvsetdrivecleaning -libraryname “LIB1” -librarydrivenumber 2 ‑displayonly -selectionstate Output: TRUE Days = 22 FALSE Data Transferred (Gb) = 22 TRUE Hours of Use = 40 FALSE Soft Read/Write Errors (x100) = 1

Notes

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You can use “-1” to disable any option.

Examples

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Set Drive 1 of library “SONY LIB-162” to clean itself at the following intervals: 200GB of data transfer, 100 hours of drive usage, or more than 100,000 read/write errors:

nvsetdrivecleaning -libraryname “SONY LIB-162” -librarydrivenumber 1 -days -1
-dataxfersize 200 -hours 100 -rwerrors 100000

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