You should be able to specify multiple volumes in the vol field by
separating them with commas...

backup db type=full devc=optical vol=opt101,opt102 scratch=no


Tim Pittson



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>From:  Nicholas Cassimatis[SMTP:nickpc AT US.IBM DOT COM]
>Sent:  Wednesday, January 14, 1998 1:07 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       DB Backups across volumes
>
>This is a touugh one.  I am working with an IBM 3995 optical library, where
>each cartridge holds 2.5GB of data.  I do a full database backup daily.  The
>database grows daily, and will continue to do so for some time.  It will soon
>be larger than 2.5GB, which is when my problem really will start.  Does
>anyone
>out there know how to direct the database backup to multiple volumes?
>
>I am running 2.1.13 on AIX 4.21.  The 3995 is SCSI attached.  The current
>database command looks like this:
>
>backup db type=full devc=optical vol=opt101 scratch=no
>
>Any ideas would be welcome!
>
>Nick Cassimatis
>Distributed Storage Management Team
>RTP, NC
>T/L 444-7302
>919-254-7302
>
>If you don't have the time to do it right the first time, where will you find
>the time to do it again?
>