You don't say what platform your server is on; for an NT system with 8mm
drives, I had no trouble at all using scratch volumes.

When ADSM needs a new output tape (say for migration), the mount message
just says MOUNT SCRATCH, instead of calling for a specific VOLSER.

Once you put in a scratch tape, ADSM records its VOLSER, and future requests
for that tape are by VOLSER, anyway.

Tapes must be pre-labelled, anyway, regardless of whether you use them as
scratch volumes or not.
I just see it as saving me the trouble of DEFINing the tapes to storage
pools.

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The Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
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wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew McLaren [SMTP:andrew AT BRAEMARGROUP DOT COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 3:41 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Scratch volumes and manual devices
>
> If you have manual devices for your backup, instead of some sort of
> library,
> can you use scratch volumes? If so is it practical?
>
> Thanks