This is my idea : Copy pools are sequential pools. Define a FILE class pool
big enough to hold a tape (FILEs are sequential pools). Run backup
stgpool on the FILE class pool and set this pool migration threshold to 0,
so it will migrate to a next pool in the copy pool hierarchy.

I haven't tested it yet. It is only a suggestion. And it will need a lot of
disk space.

Rodrigo

>I'm a little unsure on the theory behind tape to tape copying with a singl
>head drive. Do I set this up similarly to single head reclamation - tapepo
>to disk to different_tapepool?? I've set up single head reclamation but I
>stumped on single head copying. The copypool doesn't allow me to go tape t
>disk and back to tape again ( as far as I can tell. )
>TIA, Jeff
>Rodrigo Cordovil Gazzaneo wrote:
>> Hi Jason,
>>
>> I am going through a similar situation in a client with a single 3590
>> drive. Both reclamation and tape copy have the same architecture : ta
>> disk -> tape , using a intermediate disk storage pool as buffer. F
>> reclamation ADSM needs a FILE device class pool, so I kept this defin
>> for a buffer pool.
>>
>> I still hasn't been able to perform tape to tape copy because of the
>> of disk space. While the reclamation pool with 8 GB is enough for me
>> have enough tapes, so I only reclaim them when they are 80% empty or
>> and I control it manually), tape to tape will force me to have 30 GB
>> 3590 volumes and the SSA disks are yet to arrive.
>>
>> My client is very disappointed that he can't make tape to tape copy.
>> am "reinventing" tape vaulting and movement without copy storage pool
>> as a temporary solution.
>>
>> I strongly recommend a second tape drive. System administration won't
>> complicated.
>>
>> best regards,
>> Rodrigo Gazzaneo
>>
>> >I have a customer who wants to install ADSM on an AIX
>> >server with only one 3570 tape drive. I know he can
>> >do tape reclamation with one tape drive but he also
>> >wants to be able to do a copy storage pool to make a
>> >secondary copy of his backup data. How will this work
>> >with only one tape drive? The real issue is that he
>> >is planning on backing up a SQL database directly to
>> >tape and wants to make a secondary copy of that data
>> >from tape to tape with only one tape drive. Can this
>> >be done?
>> >The only thing I can think of at this time is to have
>> >the customer backup to disk first instead of tape.
>> >Then backup the storage pool to a copy storage pool,
>> >which would put the data onto tape. Then migrate the
>> >disk storage pool to a secondary storage pool which is
>> >tape. I also suspect that outside of ADSM there are
>> >tape drive commands available just to copy a tape. In
>> >this situation the data would be copied from tape to
>> >disk and then to a new tape.
>> >Please Advise.
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