For the media:
vmquery -w -m [-h ]

It's not pretty but everything is there. Run it with "-o" instead of "-w"
to strip the headers.

Try vmoprcmd for the tape drive listing.

"Doug Hilderbrand" wrote in message
news:3bbdf197$1@hronntp01....
> Is there a way to get a list of media that includes the description
visible
> in the Media and Device Manager? Bpmedialist doesn't seem to show the
> description even with -U or -v.
>
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