FWIW, I sounds to me like this is the perfect fit for the new "generate
backupset" function in TSM 3.7....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Sims [SMTP:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 7:40 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: how to backup a directory (filesystem)
>
> >...I have been asked to ignore the incremental backups and create
> >something like full backup onto only one tape.
>
> How about doing a Selective backup?  You could play the game of
> marking the pre-existing backup tapes read-only to force the Selective
> to start on a fresh Scratch, but it's probably not worth it: that
> backup would probably finish one Filling tape and then go on to a
> Scratch anyway, so a minimal number of tapes.
>     Richard Sims, BU