Virtual TapeServer 6.04.03 Operations and Administration Guide

94 | Using Scan/Cleanup
Viewing Scan/Cleanup log files
While the Scan/Cleanup is running, a log file is created in /usr/local/tape/log. The file is
named erasebylist.date.log, such as erasebylist.12Mar06.log. The format of the
information written to the file is as follows:
02Mar05 14:41:factory:erase-by-list
Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:41:25 -0800
/VAULT00/BILL/Q00001 erased
/VAULT00/BILL/Q00002 erased
/VAULT00/BILL/Q00003 erased
Total Freed: 0
Total Erased: 3
Total Errors: 0
If the freed space is negative, a virtual tape that had no metadata associated with it was
erased and the metadata was added. Thus, the virtual tape disk file size actually increased
slightly. Typically, you would erase a virtual tape that was never written or erased.
The log files are created as needed on a daily basis and are relatively small.