Any light on that one.................PLEASE
Thanks, Salam

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ABDULSALAM ABDULLA
> Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 3:09 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      ADSM Archive issues
>
> We have two magstar attached to ADSM server.  I want to keep one drive for
> daily backup and the other drive
> for daily archive.  So we have two sequential storage pool which are
> 3570BKPOOL and ArchiveTapePool.
> 3570BKPOOL is the first Magstar 3570C device with has 2 drive and is used
> for primary pool.   Magstar 3570C is assigned to  ArchiveTapePool which is
> 2nd Magstar 3570C, which we need to use it for Daily archive.  I want to
> archive certain client's data everyday and move the tapes off-site, then
> insert new tapes for the next day.  Is this possible? Can I insert new
> tapes in the same slot?  The new tape can have same Label or should have
> different?  If possible how are going to label the new tapes, different
> names.  Note: daily archive is planned to be kept for 28 days before we
> can recycle it again.  If new label should be given, how do we
> retrieve it for particular day, is it only by "Descriptions"? What other
> suggestion you can give me?
> For example I have a Archive Pool which is linked to Sequential Pool of 5
> tapes, [Tape1B....Tape5B], say the first day the archive command of
> several clients has field all 5 of them, Now we need to move them out and
> replace them with 5 other new tapes.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Salam
>
> Project Leader
> Dubai Aluminum Company
> P. O. Box: 3627
> Dubai, UAE
>