We keep our backups for 10 days. I have a scheduled command that runs
daily
     "del volh todate=-10 type=dbb"
This frees up backup tapes that are 10 days old for reuse.

Mike Benton wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have ADSM V2 on AIX, with an IBM 3570 MagStar Library.
>
> I have a number of tapes that i use for storing Backups of the ADSM Database. 
> I would like to recycle these tapes as each
> one has a FULL backup of the database, and i do not want to keep buying tapes.
>
> I have tried issuing "BACKUP DB TYPE=FULL DEVCLASS=devclass 
> VOLUMENAME=volume_name SCRATCH=NO" to a tape with a DBBackup on it.
> The server replies that it can not perform a DBBackup to the tape because it 
> is already in use. I have tried a "DELETE VOLUME" on
> the tape, but the server replies that it cannot delete the volume because it 
> does not belog to a storage pool!!
>
> Question: Is it possible to reuse a tape that has a DBBackup on it ? Can it 
> be re-used for anydata or just DBBackup data ?
>
> Thanks for any Help
>
> Michael Benton
> ADP-GSi  Clearing UK,
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