We do collocate at the filespace level and we have a Shell script that bumps up the maxscratch values to the number of tapes we want to be able to recover from. To save tape mounts we base the number on the number of drives and Recovery System Drives). We do have to run this script periodically throughout the day to make sure there are enough scratch tapes and to make sure that there are not too many.
i.e. Just after morning Offsite process bump it up by 1 (Makes sure that there is at least 1) Later in the afternoon bump it up again to the desired number. Bill Slaughter Tupperware 407-826-4580 -----Original Message----- From: Lambelet,Rene,VEVEY,GL-CSC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 9:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Which nodes on a given tape, what maxscr value to use ? David, thanks a lot for your answer to my first question... rene -----Original Message----- From: David E Ehresman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday,5. September 2003 15:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Which nodes on a given tape, what maxscr value to use ? Replace $1 with the volume name and this LONG RUNNING query will tell you what nodes are on a tape: select distinct node_name from volumeusage where volume_name='$1' >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9/5/2003 9:11:44 AM >>> Hi, as many of us probably, we use seq. stg pools with collocation ON for backups. To limit the number of tapes used, maxscr value is smaller than the number of nodes. - Now, any advice to write an sql select to list all node_names stored on a given volume (distinct node_name) ? - What I would also appreciate is a method to know when to increase the maxscr value to limit the number of volumes / node to an acceptable level (not too many tapes to mount for restoring). Thanks for any tips, yours, René LAMBELET NESTEC SA GLOBE - Global Business Excellence Central Support Center SD/ESN Av. Nestlé 55 CH-1800 Vevey (Switzerland) tél +41 (0)21 924 35 43 fax +41 (0)21 924 13 69 local K4-104 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential.