Querying Volume History

To display sequential volume history information that has been collected by the server, first complete the following fields and then click Finish, or click Cancel to end the task.

Begin Date

Enter the beginning date for the history information to display.

The settings for Begin Date are:

MM/DD/ YYYY Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created on a specific date, using MM/DD/YYYY format

Example: 01/31/1995

The default is the earliest date for which history information exists.

TODAY Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created on the current date.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created on the current date minus a specific number of days. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To display information beginning with records created a week ago, you can specify Today-7 or simply -7.

Begin Time

Enter the beginning time for the history information to display.

The settings for Begin Time are:

HH:MM:SS Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created at a specific time on the specified begin date using HH:MM:SS format. The default is 00:00:00.

Example: 12:33:28

NOW Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created on the current time on the specified begin date.
NOW +numhours: numminutes or +numhours: numminutes Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created at the current time plus a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) on the specified begin date.

Example: If you query volume history at 9:00 with Begin Time=Now+3 or Begin Time=+3, Tivoli Storage Manager displays records with a time of 12:00 or later on the specified begin date.

NOW -numhours: numminutes or -numhours: numminutes Specifies that you want to display information beginning with records created at the current time minus a specific number of hours (and, optionally minutes) on the specified begin date.

Example: If you query volume history at 9:00 with Begin Time=Now-3:30 or Begin Time=-3:30, Tivoli Storage Manager displays records with a time of 5:30 or later on the specified begin date.

End Date

Specify the ending date for the history information to display.

The settings for End Date are:

MM/DD/ YYYY Specifies that you want to display information ending with records created on a specific date, using MM/DD/YYYY format.

Example: 02/28/1995

TODAY Specifies that you want to display information ending with records created on the current date. The default is the Current Date.
TODAY -numdays or -numdays Specifies that you want to display information ending with records created on or before the current date minus a specific number of days. The maximum value for the number of days is 9999.

Example: To display all volume history information created up to yesterday, you can specify Today-1 or simply -1.

End Time

Specify the ending time for the history information to display.

The settings for End Time are:

HH:MM:SS Specifies that you want to display information ending with records created at a specific time on the specified end date using HH:MM:SS format

Example: 18:59:59

NOW Specifies that you want to display information ending with records created at the current time on the specified end date. The default is the Current Time.
NOW +numhours: numminutes or +numhours: numminutes Specifies that you want to display information ending with records created a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) after the current time on the specified end date.

Example: If you query volume history at 9:00 with End Time=Now+3 or End Time=+3, Tivoli Storage Manager displays records with a time of 12:00 or earlier on the specified end date.

NOW -numhours: numminutes or -numhours: numminutes Specifies that you want to display information ending with records created a specific number of hours (and, optionally, minutes) prior to the current time on the specified end date.

Example: If you query volume history at 9:00 with End Time=Now-3:30 or End Time=-3:30, Tivoli Storage Manager displays records with a time of 5:30 or earlier on the specified end date.

Volume Type

Specify the type of records to display from the volume history file.

All Specifies that all history information is displayed. The default is All.
DBBackup Specifies to display only records that contain information about volumes used for database backups (full or incremental).
DBDump Specifies to display only records that contain information about volumes used for online database dumps (done before installation of Version 2).
BACKUPSET Specifies to display only information about backupset volumes.
DBSnapshot Specifies to display only records that contain information about volumes used for database snapshot backups.
DBRpf Specifies to display database backups (full or incremental) and recovery plan file records.
EXPort Specifies to display only records that contain information about volumes used for exporting data.
REMote Specifies to display only records that contain information about volumes used in library clients.
RPFile Specifies to display only records that contain information about the recovery plan file. RPFile applies to recovery plan files that are saved in a target server.
RPFSnapshot Specifies to display only records that contain information about snapshot recovery plan file objects that were created assuming snapshot database backups and that are saved on a target server.
STGNew Specifies to display only records that contain information about new sequential access storage volumes.
STGReuse Specifies to display only records that contain information about reused sequential storage pool volumes.
STGDelete Specifies to display only records that contain information about deleted sequential storage pool volumes.