> >       got a strange problem here.... it appears we have almost 6 months
> > worth of db backup tapes out of the library in our "vault", but they show
> > up nowhere in tsm. the volume history goes back 6 months but there are
> > only entries for db backups for the previous 5 days. these other tapes
> > have no reference whatsoever in libvolumes, volumes or volhistory. i know
> > for a fact that some of them were db backup tapes... it appears as though
> > the db expired, but they were never returned or identified with a q
> > drmedia/move drmedia. any idea how this could happen and how i can prevent
> > it from happening?

Does the 'move drmedia' command for recalling offsite volumes use a
'source' option that matches the type of database backup sent to the
vault?