Curt,

I had the problem where I was losing tapes at the vault, not in the
library.  We delete from the volhist database backup tapes after 7 days,
but DRM wants to keep database backup tapes in the library for 30 days by
default.  Unfortunately, once the "del volhist type=dbb todate=-7" runs,
ADSM loses track of the tape (no more volhist record).  Doing a "q drmstat"
will show you how long DRM wants to keep the DBB tapes offsite, and you can
change it with the " SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS" command.  The change is
immeadiate.

We were losing one tape per day before I caught this one.

Nick Cassimatis
nickpc AT us.ibm DOT com

If you don't have the time to do it right the first time, where will you
find the time to do it again?