Ah, you're right.  Apparently that just affects the prepare command and
creation of the drm plan file.  And here I thought it might be useful some
day.  Oh well.

Alex Paschal
Freightliner, LLC
(503) 745-6850 phone/vmail

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Simpson [mailto:msimpson AT UKY DOT EDU]
Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:53 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Need ideas for offsite copy of HSM tapes


At 1:32 PM -0800 2/20/03, Alex Paschal wrote:
>Why won't DRM manage your primary pool?

Because that's not what it does.  From the ACSLS ADMIN Ref Manual
description of Move DRMedia:

>Use this command to track database backup and copy storage pool volumes
that
>are to be moved offsite and to identify the expired or empty volumes
>that are to be
>moved onsite.

It only manages database backup and copypool volumes, not primary pool
volumes.

>What happens when you set your
>drmprimstgpool?

When the HSM pool is defined in drmprimstgpool, the Move DRMedia
command does not act on any volumes in that pool.