Thanks.  I thought I probably was safe but I did not want to wait until
it ran out or had problems.

Thanks again,
Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Maurice van 't Loo
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:12 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Scratch Tapes

This is all right.
Like us, TSM likes the newest tapes the most. So it will use all tapes
there
are in the library.

Regards,
Maurice

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jones, Eric J" <eric.j.jones AT LMCO DOT COM>
To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:33 PM
Subject: [ADSM-L] Scratch Tapes


> Good morning.
>
> I have a question on scratch tapes and how/when they are used.
>
> We are using TSM 5.2.2 with AIX 5.2.
>
> We have around 225 LTO2 tapes in the library of which about 60 are
used.
>
> The are numbered from TS2000 - TS2225.
>
> For some time the lower numbered tapes were regularly reused as they
> became available(scratch from off-site) or reclamation of on-site
tapes.
>
> Lately TSM seems to be picking the tapes that have never been used and
> the lower number tapes don't seem to be selected.
>
> How does TSM determine what scratch tape to use?
>
> I just want to make sure it is not stopping using certain tapes in the
> library.
>
> They appear fine and are listed as "SCRATCH" in the library.
>
> Just noticed and figured I would ask before I ran into any problems.
>
>
>
> Eric Jones
>
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