I need to get complete tape drive name and status remotely now. I had been 
using tpconfig on the local server, but I want to centralize my command 
interface on a remote server. I looked at vmoprcmd, but:

1) vmoprcmd truncates drive names that are longer than 20 characters. This has 
caused issues. Two drives whose name are identical in their first 20 characters 
won't be distinguished.
The 20 characters limit has been present for a long time and is still present 
today in NetBackup 7.5.

2) while tpconfig connects "physically" to the drives, vmoprcmd gets its data 
from the NetbackUp database, so there is always the possibility that vmoprcmd 
is not always accurate. This is particularly the case if a configuration change 
was made without restarting the Media Manager daemon (ltid).

Does anyone know of a command that I can use remotely to get tape drive status 
and fully qualified names?

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH31854
http://www.symantec.com/connect/forums/how-netbackup-determines-drive-status

Jerry

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