Media Lists Report

Before running the Media Lists report, select the following report settings, then click Run Report:

The Media Lists report shows information for volumes that have been allocated for backups. This report does not show media for disk type storage units or for backups of the NetBackup catalogs.

For information about backups saved to disk storage units, use the Images on Media report.
To track media used for catalog backups, keep a hard copy record or configure the E-mail global attribute. The E-mail global attribute causes NetBackup to send an E-mail that indicates the status of each catalog backup and the media ID that was used. You can then print the E-mail or save it on a disk other than the one that has the catalogs.

The following table explains the columns in the Media Lists report:

Media Lists Report

Column	Meaning
Allocated Date/Time	Date and time that Media Manager allocated the volume.
Density	Density of the device that produced the backups on this volume.
Expiration Time	Date and time when the backups on the volume expire.
Header Size	Optical header size in bytes.
Images	Total number of backups on the volume.
Kilobytes	Total number of kilobytes on this volume.
Last Offset	Optical offset of the last header.
Last Read Date/Time	Last time a restore was done from this volume.
Last Written Date/Time	Last time the volume was used for backups.
Media ID	Media ID that is assigned when the volume is added to Media Manager.
Media Server	Media server that controlled the backup.
Number of Restores	Number of times this volume has been used for restores.
Partner ID	Media ID that is assigned when the volume is added to Media Manager.
Retention Period	How long the backups will be considered valid.
Sector Size	Optical sector size in bytes.
Status	The messages that commonly appear under Status are the following: Suspended: The volume cannot be used for further backups until retention periods for all backups on it have expired. At that time, the suspended volume is deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and unassigned from NetBackup. (The bpmedia command can also be used to manually suspend or unsuspend volumes.) A suspended volume is available for restores. If the backups have expired, the backups first require importing. Frozen: The volume is unavailable for future backups. A frozen volume never expires, even after the retention period ends for all backups on the media. This means that the media ID is never deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and remains assigned to NetBackup. (The bpmedia command can also be used to manually freeze or unfreeze volumes.) A frozen volume is available for restores. If the backups have expired, the backups first require importing. Full: The volume is full and no more backups are written to it. NetBackup sets FULL status if it encounters an end of media (EOM) during a backup. A full volume is unavailable for future backups until the retention period expires for all backups that are on it. At that time, the volume is deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and unassigned from NetBackup. Expired: All backups have expired. Imported: The backup was imported to this server. The volume cannot be used for further backups until retention periods for all backups on it have expired. At that time, the imported volume is deleted from the NetBackup media catalog and unassigned from NetBackup. An imported volume is available for restores. If the backups have expired, the backups first require importing.
Valid Images	Number of nonexpired backups on the volume. For example, if the volume has 50 backups but only 10 are valid, then the other 40 have expired. If the volume has any multiplexed backups, this field contains MPX.
Volume Pool	A number that corresponds to the volume pool for the media. 0 = None 1 = NetBackup For other numbers, find the media ID in the volume list on the volume database host for the media ID. This list shows the volume pool for each volume.


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