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Total newbie question about DB Backups

2006-09-21 11:11:51
Subject: Total newbie question about DB Backups
From: Angus Macdonald <Angus.Macdonald AT NWW-TR.WALES.NHS DOT UK>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:11:18 +0100
I'm just in the process of implementing TSM 5.3 for the first time in our
environment and I'm following the TSM Implementation Guide (June 2006
edition) redbook very closely ;-) Things are going pretty well so far but I
have a bit of an issue with my database backups. Every DB backup seems to
use another scratch tape so my 3582 is going to run out of tapes very
quickly. My backup command is

Backup DB type=full devc=lto2-dc

lifted directly from the redbook. How can I limit the number of tapes used
for DB backups? I tried limiting the backup to a particular tape volume but
the tape is apparently in use after the first backup and cannot be reused.

Angus