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Command Line Utilities

The TapeTrack Command Line Utilities provide a large range or automation and reporting functionality and have been ported to the following platforms:

  1. AIX
  2. HPUX
  3. IBMi
  4. Linux (Intel and ARM)
  5. Solaris (SPARC and Intel)
  6. Windows
  7. zOS
While most utilities are available for Linux and Windows, other platforms only support a subset of the full command suite.

Automation Utilities

Command Description
TMSS10AssignContainer Assigns Volumes to Container/s.
TMSS10BatchLoader Creates Customer, Media and Repositories from a configuration file
TMSS10BatchSlotAllocation Export and Import Slot Allocation information
TMSS10BillingMergeElements Merges TapeTrack billing file elements.
TMSS10Catalog_NBU Creates Catalog entries from NetBackup output.
TMSS10Catalog_Networker Creates Catalog entries from Networker output.
TMSS10Confirm Confirms selected tapes that are in a move status.
TMSS10Custom_BillByAge Produces TapeTrack Billing XML records based on the length of time a Volume has been in a Repository.
TMSS10ExpireByDate Adds a 'Move Pending' Flag to Volumes within the specified 'Next Move Date' range .
TMSS10ExpireDRStrategies Deletes all expired Disaster Recovery Strategies.
TMSS10ExpireFiles Deletes all expired files that have been uploaded to the TapeTrack Server.
TMSS10ExportFile Extracts TapeTrack data so that it can be reloaded to another TapeTrack Server.
TMSS10LibraryManager Synchronizes one TapeTrack Server with another.
TMSS10MergeXML Merges XML files at specified nodes.
TMSS10Mirror Replicates location information from one TapeTrack Server to another.
TMSS10ModifyFlags Sets or un-sets Volumes Flags.
TMSS10MoveLocation Moves Volumes from one Repository to another.
TMSS10MovePending Move Volumes with a P Flag.
TMSS10Reconcile Performs a batch Reconciliation on a Repository.
TMSS10Resolve Resolves environmental variables in an input file.
TMSS10SCSI2ScanFile Creates a Scan-File from the current inventory of SCSI attached Media Changer.
TMSS10SlotAllocation Allocate slots to Volumes that are un-slotted.
TMSS10UploadFile Upload a file to the TapeTrack Server.
TMSS10ValidateBarCode Validate Barcode formats.
TMSS10VolumeDelete Rename a Volume or list of Volumes.
TMSS10VolumeRename Rename a Volume or list of Volumes.

Reporting Utilities

Command Description Report-ID
TMSS10Inventory Produces a report listing all of the selected Volumes. 100 101
TMSS10LibraryHealth Produces a report listing current health of selected customers.
TMSS10ListCatalog Produces a report listing Catalog Entries
TMSS10ListClients Produces a list of all TapeTrack Software that has connected to the TapeTrack Server.
TMSS10ListContainer Produces a list of Containers and contents. 123
TMSS10ListCustomers Produces a list of TapeTrack Customer records.
TMSS10ListConsignments Produces a list of TapeTrack Consignments.
TMSS10ListDRStrategies Produces a list of DR Strategies.
TMSS10ListHistory Produces a list of Volume history records. 104 105
TMSS10ListMoveHistory Produces a list of the movement history of each Volume.
TMSS10ListOutages Produces a list of TapeTrack Server downtime.
TMSS10ListRepositories Produces a list of the current status of each Repository.
TMSS10ListStorageHistory Produces a list of storage history between specified date range.
TMSS10ListUsage Produces a report on Volume health.
TMSS10LogStatsProcess Processes TapeTrack statistics file applying calculations and report in XML format.
TMSS10MoveDateList Produce a list of Volume set to move on each given date. 106
TMSS10MoveList Produce a report listing all of the Volumes that are in a move status. 102 103
TMSS10ZoneList Produce a report listing Zones and Volumes assigned to those Zones.

See Also for Report-ID:

TMSSREPORTTITLE
TMSSDROPREPORT

Housekeeping Utilities

Command Description
TMSS10PasswordResetDB Reset a TapeTrack password by zapping the TapeTrack User Database.

Sync Utilities

Sync utilities are installed with TapeTrack Sync

Command
TMSS10CSV2Fixed Converts a csv file to fixed width text file
TMSS10DownloadFile Downloads a file from the TapeTrack Server
TMSS10DRP_BRMS Extracts critical Volume information from a BRMS Disaster Recovery Plan File
TMSS10DRP_TSM Extracts critical Volume information from a TSM Disaster Recovery Plan File
TMSS10DRStrategy Creates a TapeTrack Disaster Recovery Strategy
TMSS10MoveScratch Resets the scratch Flag of each Volume and move Scratch Volumes to another Repository
TMSS10Page2CSV Converts a report in Page Format to a CSV File
TMSSBatch Construct and execute a batch file with specified input
TMSS10SingleSpace Convert a file of words into a file delimited by a single delimiter.
TMSS10Sync Synchronize data from a file or ODBC source to a TapeTrack Server.

SecureSync Utilities

TMSS10IRM_Export Reads in an Iron Mountain inventory file and creates a TapeTrack import file
TMSS10IRM_FTP FTP's an Iron Mountain transmission file
TMSS10SFTP SFTP's an Iron Mountain transmission file
TMSS10IRM_Reconcile Processes an Iron Mountain inventory file and produces a TapeTrack Scan-File for reconciliation
TMSS10IRM_Send Produces an Iron Mountain format picking and distribution file
TMSS10IRM_Sync Keeps the TapeTrack Server synchronized with an Iron Mountain inventory file
TMSS10Reconcile Performs a batch Reconciliation on a Repository.

Server Utilities

TMSS10LogStatsPrintDB Prints the contents of the Journal database
TMSS10ImportFileDB Program will load TapeTrack data produced by TMSS10ExportFile
TMSS10LogStatsExtractDB Program will create an Extract file for each Customer from the Journal database
TMSS10PasswordResetDB Program will reset the password of a User
TMSS10ProcessMailDB Program will send emails to all TapeTrack Users with queued messages

Desktop Software Utilities

Command Description
TMSS10Ping Test the connection to a TapeTrack Framework Server.

See also Run TMSS10Ping From TapeMaster

Framework Server Utilities

Command
db_hotbackup Backup database while operational

TMSS20 Utilities

Command
TMSS20DDSNBUExtract DataFort DDS File Export NetBackup Extract

Command Line Utility Use Examples

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