Updated RSM.exe (win2003?)

[Edmunde Lee]

Hey guys,

From the documentation I have been investigating, it appears as if the
RSM command in Win2k3 has a few more addititional functions that would
make life a wee easier on me and my NTBACKUP batch mayhem.

Does anyone think RSM on w2k will be updated with a service pack, or
resource kit, to get such things such as "RSM erase"?

I've posted a note to MS regarding this, but I didn't leave my credit
card number... =( I haven't heard anything back, nor do I expect
to.

For that matter, I don't really expect the RSM update in the first
place...



Anyways, if anyone knows how to remove a given tape from the BACKUP
media pool using a script (without any GUI interaction) any
information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ede

 

[Jerold Schulman]

There are no plans to update the W2K RSM functionality.

I only know how to deallocate it, making it available.

See tip 5961 and link in the 'Tips & Tricks' at http://www.jsiinc.com

See tip 2265.

set media=
for /f "Skip=2 Tokens=*" %%a in ('rsm view /cgD7AAF1C90F004179B21A55A0366CDC25
/TPhysical_media') do if not "%%a"=="The command completed successfully." set
media="%%a"
REM The above 3 lines are one line
if not defined media @echo No Media&goto :EOF
@ping -n 60 127.0.0.1>nul
set part=%media: - 1=%
rsm.exe deallocate /PF%part%

Hey guys,

From the documentation I have been investigating, it appears as if the
RSM command in Win2k3 has a few more addititional functions that would
make life a wee easier on me and my NTBACKUP batch mayhem.

Does anyone think RSM on w2k will be updated with a service pack, or
resource kit, to get such things such as "RSM erase"?

I've posted a note to MS regarding this, but I didn't leave my credit
card number... =( I haven't heard anything back, nor do I expect
to.

For that matter, I don't really expect the RSM update in the first
place...



Anyways, if anyone knows how to remove a given tape from the BACKUP
media pool using a script (without any GUI interaction) any
information would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Ede

Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com