check your vm.conf file for a line that looks like:
SCRATCH_POOL = SCRATCH

this is the config line that tells it what pool to use
for that purpose. If it's not there, add it and restart
vmd.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris AT rdlg DOT net]
> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 3:14 PM
> To: Veritas-BU
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] "Scratch" default pool?
> 
> 
> 
>   I have 2 systems.  The older one has a pool named "SCRATCH" it 
> automatically puts new tapes into.  If a pool needs a new 
> tape it grabs
> one from scratch instead of saying it doesn't have enough tapes.
> 
>   The other system didn't have such a pool.  If a pool was 
> full it just
> bombed out instead of snagging tapes from another pool.  I've created
> a "SCRATCH" pool but I'm not sure how to test if it's set to 
> be used for
> such media.  I'd rather not empty a pool and force a backup 
> to fail.  Just
> a bit ugly and a last ditch resort.
> 
> Any thoughts on how to verify the configuration is set up to use the
> scratch pool as a spares pool?
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> :wq!
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
> Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
>   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
>                                 \_       that important!
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> FYI:
>  perl -e 'print 
> $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 
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