Paul,

Use q drm s=dbb or s=dbs depending whether you send database backups or
database snaphots offsite.  That will show you expired db backup tapes as
well.

Regards

Steve

Steven Harris
AIX and TSM Admin
Brisbane Australia
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Paul Dudley
Sent: Monday, 20 November 2006 1:40 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] How to list available scratch tapes

I would like to know if there is a command that can list what tapes are
available to be checked in as a scratch tape.

The "q drm" command will tell me some of what I need in that any volume
with a "Vault Retrieve" status is available as a scratch tape, but that
seems to miss the tapes that have been used as offsite database backup
tapes (of which we keep the latest 7 volumes).

>From my manual checking it appears that the volumes MISSING from the "q
drm" command are tapes available to be checked in as scratch tapes,
however I would like a command that tells me what these tapes ARE, not
what they AREN'T, if you get my drift.

Regards
Paul

 
Paul Dudley
ANL IT Operations Dept.
ANL Container Line
pdudley AT anl.com DOT au
 
 





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