Why not just use a different tape drive/library for db backups?  This is
especially appealing for small shops where the bother of using a manual
library is less pain than the cost of tapes.

Orville L. Lantto
Datatrend Technologies, Inc.  (http://www.datatrend.com)
IBM Premier Business Partner
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Minnetonka, MN 55305
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You only have to pay for the 1's you write on the tape.  The unused
portion
is free.  In the case of the DB tape, however, the information is more
valuable than the data on primary or copy storage pool tapes, so the cost
per 1 is higher.  Thus, you can't use the whole tape.

Bill Smoldt
STORServer, Inc.