I didn't see an answer to this so I tried it
by specifying this:

ba db type=full devc=3590 volumenames=200700,200016

where 200700 is already in the volhist as a db and 200016 is scratch
and after a bit of time waiting it started to mount and write on 200016.

Hope this answers your question.

... joe.f.

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On Thu, 1 Nov 2001, Guan, Phillip wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> If I give a volume list when I run the 'backup db' command, like:
>
> > ba db type=full volumenames=vol1,vol2,...,vol10
>
> will it scan for the first available (scratch) volume from vol1-vol10?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
> Phillip Guan
>