You could look at the last written date, any tape written to since the last backup "backup stgpool" was completed Should be needed.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Benhayoune Khalid Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2013 9:35 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Tapes required by backup stgpool Hi everybody, TSM 6.2 on AIX 5.3 Is there any way to determine the primary tapes needed by a "backup stgpool" command before launching it. Thanks in advance. Regards.