Author: suen AT cosmos.buffalo DOT edu (Michael Suen)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:20:30 -0500 (EST)
Hello All I have a question about Scratch_pool, I know how to define a scratch_pool and assign all the blank tapes to it and NetBackup will assign different pools as they need tapes. Now, Does it do
Author: kingjamm AT colltech DOT com (James Mello)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 10:38:19 -0600 (CST)
Nope, once a tape has been allocated to a pool it stays there unless moved by the SA. It basically becomes a part of that Pools tape rotation. You could tar and untar it to a seperate location and i
Author: scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com (scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 11:04:16 -0600
No, they stay in the pool they are in when they expire. I use something like this to move them back to the scratch pool after they are unassigned. This is Korn on NT but should work on UNIX with litt
Author: mike.powers AT abnamro DOT com (mike.powers AT abnamro DOT com)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:00:32 -0600
--0__=86256B6D005D6F1C8f9e8a93df938690918c86256B6D005D6F1C Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Here is a perl script that looks at 2 robot for unassigned media and puts them in the scratch poo
Author: Andrew.Wilkin AT ditm.nsw.gov DOT au (Andrew Wilkin)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:27:15 +1100
Mike, I'm under the impression, that when a Tape expires, it remains within the same pool that it was in. For reason that the data is still valid and retrievable until the tape is reused. Regards And
Author: suen AT cosmos.buffalo DOT edu (Michael Suen)
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:40:57 -0500 (EST)
Thanks Andrew it will nice that Netbackup have an option, like to keep the tape in the pool for a few days and then re-assign it back to the scratch pool so it can be re-use... Mayb be next version..