Hi Mihai,

You can not use the same volume twice as a database backup -
it goes against ADSM's principles. Say you backup the DB as
type full the first time and then do five incrementals the rest of
the week to the same tape - and on the Sunday you loose the
tape - it does happen... You would have then lost a whole week
of data from an ADMS point of view.

Regards
Christo Heuer
ABSA Bank
Johannesburg
South Africa



>Hello all,
>
>Here is my situation:
>
>- labeled a volume dbbk1
>- put the ibm 3590 in manual mode
>- configure a devclass for manual operation
>- issues backup db type=full devclass..... scratch=no volumenames=dbbk1
>
>Everything works fine until I issues another backup db on the same
>volume, both types full and/or incremental.
>
>The server tells me that the volume is already in use.... and asks for a
>scratch volume or is cancelling the process.
>
>What do I do wrong?
>
>Thank you
>
>
>Mihai Iancu