On Mar 18, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Marco Bezuidenhout wrote:

We have been asked to do full backups this coming weekend to a
different
storage pool than normal. The data will then also be copied to a
separate copy storage pool. This copied storage pool will be taken
to an
offsite location for restores. ...

There's something missing here:  What is it they are actually going
to do with these copy storage pool tapes at some other site?  They
can't be used without the TSM database - which is in the originating
location.

Tell us their fundamental requirement: what are they actually trying
to achieve in all this?

   Richard Sims