Do you have a "del volhist" scheduled daily ? Something like del volhist todate=today-14 type=all Or del volhist todate=today-14 type=dbbackup
Duane -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Melburn W IT743 Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:30 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Database backup tapes taking over I have noticed that ever since I started using the DRM, alot of my TSM servers have been steadily decreasing in scratch tapes by alot. My servers are scheduled to run a Full Database backup once per day, with a a Database Snapshot once per week. The full database copies stay on site, while the snapshot gets sent off site weekly. I have the database expire variable in the DRM set to 14 days. The question I have is why do all my sites have like 40-60 database tapes, when there should only be 14. Am I doing something wrong? Mel Dennis
