That should be: 

SCRATCH_POOL = Scratch

And since you've got v3.4 you should be rejoicing in the joys of xbpadm
rather than jnbSA.  

*Sniff*  Alas, poor X, we knew you well...

-----Original Message-----
From: Steven L. Sesar [mailto:ssesar AT mitre DOT org]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 9:49 AM
To: Bob Van Cleef
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Scratch Pool in 3.4GA


Did you add "SCRATCH = Scratch" to your vm.conf file on your media servers?

Bob Van Cleef wrote:

>Hi there;
>
>Is there a secret place in 3.4GA that you need to 'select' to define a
>Scratch
>pool as "scratch"?  (Does the scratch pool even work under 3.4?)
>
>I created a pool named "Scratch" and place a bunch of tapes in it.
>However, my backups failed with a 96.  I remember seeing a check
>box in the jnbSA pages for 4.5 that was selected to mark a pool
>as the scratch pool, but I cannot find an equivalent one using
>jnbSA under 3.4.
>
>Bob
>
>(Is jnbSA under 3.4 really supposed to be so slow....?)
>
>
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