I assume you are using the Vault option for
your catalog backups?

If so, then the only way you can guarantee
that vault won't pull from the scratch pool
for catalog backup tapes is to make sure that
the catalog backup pool (as configured in the
vault profile) ALWAYS has available media.

HTH
rob

On Tue, Jan 18, 2005 at 11:26:08AM -0500 or thereabouts, Marx, Keath wrote:
>    Is there a way to force the catalog not use the scratch pool?  I have a
>    pool of tapes with difference labels that I use for scratch.  I would
>    prefer the catalog fail rather than use scratch.  (PITA to have to
>    re-label the tapes when they go back into the library)
> 
>    Master: Win2000, NBU Datacenter 4.5_FP6
> 
>    Media: Win2000, NBU Datacenter 4.5_FP6
> 
>    TIA
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