On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 19:07:46 -0700, Alan Hamilton wrote:

>        This has probably come up before, but I'm trying to do a more or less 
> "traditional" type backup -- backup files to one or more tapes, unload them, 
> and put them somewhere safe.  I don't want to keep doing subsequent backups 
> to the same volume, even if the volume isn't full.  I'm using AIX 4.1.4 
> (server and clients), and a 3590E tape drive.

You are better off using archive instead of backup for what you are
trying to achieve. You can setup a policy domain with archive copy
group which could go directly to tape.