Tape status

[zmagyar]

Is there any way to find out the status of a tape i.e. is it considered full and will not be written onto any more, or it is considered appendable and therefore still possible to use it in the next backup session
Thank

[zmagyar]

What I found is the following: in the log bundle I exported in the:
logbundlename/VBRhostname/Backup/JobName/Task.clientname.log I found the following entries:
[09.12.2021 10:13:11] <20> Info [Tape TR0002] Set IsFull, old 'False', new 'True'
This indicates that the tape TR0002 is marked as full and a next tape from the job assigned pool will be taken.
If somebody knows a simpler way (possibly from VBR UI, that would be great)

[lyapkost]

Hi Zsolt and welcome to our forums.

You may order tapes in a media pool or Library/Media node by Media Set field. Tapes with the same media set are ordered then by Sequence Number field. And if you see tapes from the same media set but with larger sequence number than the examined tape, than your tape is full.

[zmagyar]

Hello Konstantin,
After 20 years of NetWorker, I need some time to readjust, thanks for the hint.
I also found the powershell way:
Get-VBRTapeMedium | Select-Object -Property Name,IsFull