Hello All, Thanks for your help!!
When using DRM, tapes are moved from the mountable state to the vault state using the s=dbs option ,they remain in the Vault state until they are empty and the reuse delay on the storage pool has elapsed and DRM moves them into the "vault retrieve" state. My question is, do database tapes use the same strategy. Do they use any reuse delay or are they changed to the"vault retrieve" sate at the end of the DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS parameter? All snapshot backups are fulls done M-F. The reason I ask, I have a client who is finding 4 or so extra volumes every other week in his vault and it is driving him bonkers. He claims to be following exacting standards when it comes to managing his daily off site tape rotations. I have looked at his setup and short of doing his rotations for him for two weeks, I cannot see a problem. Any ideas? Regards, Nicholas
