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Volume Filter
The Volume Filter (-V) is used in the Command Line programs to filter which Volumes are included in the input process.
Volume Filter Sections
The Volume filter is divided up into sections Customer-ID.Media-ID.Volume-ID@Repository-ID+-Flags.
Customer-ID
The Customer-ID section filters the Customers that are considered for input into the Command Line programs.
Using * will include all Customer-IDs. Using US01 will only include Customer-ID US01. Using US* will input include Customer-ID's that start with US (eg. US01, US02, US4). Using !*(US01) will include any Customer-ID that does not match US01. Using !*(US*) will include any Customer-ID that does not match any Customer-ID's that start with US (eg. US01, US02, US4).
Example filter to include all Media and Volumes that belong to customer US01:
-V "US01.*.*"
Media-ID
The Media-ID section filters the Media Types that are considered for input into the Command Line programs.
Using * will include all Media-ID's. Using LTO will only include Media-ID LTO. Using LT* will include any Media-IDs that start with LT (eg. LTO, LT02, LTO6). Using !*(LTO) will include all Media-ID's thatt does not match LTO. Using !*(LT*) will include any Media-IDs that do not start with LT.
Volume-ID
The Volume-ID section filters the Volumes that are considered for input into the Command Line programs.
Using * will include all Volume-ID's Using *JA will include all Volume-IDs that end in JA Using 20* will include all Volume-IDs that start with 20 Using 111000L6 will only include Volume-ID 111000L6