Why not just use a different tape drive/library for db backups? This is especially appealing for small shops where the bother of using a manual library is less pain than the cost of tapes.
Orville L. Lantto Datatrend Technologies, Inc. (http://www.datatrend.com) IBM Premier Business Partner 121 Cheshire Lane, Suite 700 Minnetonka, MN 55305 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. Bill Smoldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 09/15/2004 09:59 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: each dbbackup to new tape? You only have to pay for the 1's you write on the tape. The unused portion is free. In the case of the DB tape, however, the information is more valuable than the data on primary or copy storage pool tapes, so the cost per 1 is higher. Thus, you can't use the whole tape. Bill Smoldt STORServer, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lucian Greis Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 8:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Antwort: Re: each dbbackup to new tape? well, having a small database (500MB) and a large tape (400GB) it's at least a waste of tapes.. Regards, Lucian goc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gesendet von: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15.09.2004 15:42 Bitte antworten an "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kopie: Thema: Re: each dbbackup to new tape? this is the way it ment to be ... i believe there is no logic in making dbbackups on same tape but you can always consult pdf-s ... greetz goran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lucian Greis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 3:13 PM Subject: each dbbackup to new tape? > Hi list, > > I'm rather green with TSM, actually working through my first > client-project with it and have come to a (small for sure) problem > System: TSM 5.2 on SuSe SLES8, feeding an Adic Scalar24 with one IBM-LTO2. > Basically, the system works. > Whenever I command a dbBackup, wether full or incremetal, TSM wants to > write to a scratch tape only. If i give the volser of a tape used for an > earlier dbbackup explicitly, TSM says the tape is full (which it is not). > Can someone point me to the right direction? > > Regards, Lucian Greis > MKV GmbH
