> -----Original Message-----
> From: clifford thurber [mailto:cthurber AT concretemedia DOT com]
> Sent: 14 March 2001 18:17
> To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] bpbackupdb specific tape
> 
> 
> Hello,
> Is there a way to backup up the netabackup database onto a 
> specific tape, 
> one that isnt in the netbackup pool? Is there a good reason 
> not to do this. 
> Right now my offiste dupes take up four tapes which is how 
> many slots we 
> have in our CAP. So it is more convenient for me to write 
> database backup 
> to one of those four tapes instead of ejecting a fifth tape 
> which would be 
> from the netbackup pool. Any feedback would be greatly 
> appreciated. I tried 
> the following command to write a backup to a specific tape 
> that wasnt in 
> the netabackup pool and got the following error:
> 
> root@tapehost/ >bpbackupdb -tpath /dev/rmt/2cbn -rv CIB017
> media open error
>

After having lots of problems with corrupt databases I now do this.

1 database backup is to tape. 
1 database backup to disc.
Back the disc backup to a separate class.

The backup to a separate class will not clash with the disc backup because
there are no other backups when the database is being backed up.