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In the example, the tape contains two backups, one done on July 10, 2009, and another
done on July 15, 2009.
Searching a Tape
You can retrieve individual stories from a tape by searching for a word contained in the
story.
The searchtape Command
The searchtape command allows you to search through a tape looking for a specific word.
Stories that contain that word are restored to the SYSTEM.SEARCHTAPE queue. There is a
maximum number of stories or hits that will be restored with the searchtape command. This
default is specified in the /site/system file. See “Searching a Tape by Word(s)” on page 77
for more information.
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When you list a tape’s contents, your system must read all information on the tape to
generate a list of the contents. If the tape contains much information, listing the tape’s
contents takes a significant amount of time.
Because searching tapes for stories takes a long time and can reduce system performance,
restrict tape searches to periods of lighter system use. Avid recommends running all tape
operations during non-critical periods, not during shows.
Searching a Tape for Stories
To search a tape for stories:
1. Combine one or more keywords with a date or range of dates, as described in the
following sections.
2. When the system finds a story matching the search criteria, it restores the story to the
database. Because stories on tape may be old versions of stories still in the database, the
system restores them to the SYSTEM.SEARCHTAPE queue. This prevents the system
from putting an old version of a story in a queue that contains the current version of the
same story.
After restoring a story to SYSTEM.SEARCHTAPE, you can move it to any queue.
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Before restoring stories from tape, check how much free space remains in your database at
the console. See “Checking for Free Space on a Database” on page 79 for more
information.