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Veritas NetBackup™ Vault Administrator's Guide

Last Published: 2021-01-01

Product(s): NetBackup (9.0.0.1, 9.0)

Managing container media by using the vltcontainers command

You can use the vltcontainers command to view and change a container return date and to delete the information about a container from the NetBackup and Media Manager databases.

See the NetBackup Commands Reference Guide for more information about the vltcontainers command.

See also, "Using NetBackup Commands" in the NetBackup Administration Console help.

Note:

(This note applies to Iron Mountain users.) To change a container return date, change the date using the Vault Operator Menu or the vltcontainers command. Then resend the Container Inventory Report or the Iron Mountain FTP file to Iron Mountain. Do not use the Iron Mountain account management facilities to change a container return date. If you do, the Vault reports do not match the report information that is maintained by Iron Mountain.

To view a container return date by using the vltcontainers command

Run the vltcontainers command by using the -view option. For example, to view the return date of container ABC123, use the following command:
```
vltcontainers -view -vltcid ABC123
```

To change a container return date by using the vltcontainers command

Run the vltcontainers command by using the -change option and specifying the -vltcid parameter and argument and -rd parameter and argument. For example, to change the return date of container ABC123 to December 07, 2004, use the following command:
```
vltcontainers -change -vltcid ABC123 -rd 12/07/2004
```

To delete a container by using the vltcontainers command

Run the vltcontainers command by using the -delete option and specifying the -vltcid parameter and argument. For example, to delete container ABC123 from the NetBackup and Media Manager catalogs, use the following command:
```
vltcontainers -delete -vltcid ABC123
```
To be deleted, a container must be empty.