Pool Specific scratch tape

[lmccurry]

Forgive what may a neophite question but...



Is it possible to checkin a scratch tape for specific pool use?



I would like to use the 3590E tapes exclusively in the tape pool so they will never be rotated out to the vault by DRM.



Suggestions, please.



Thanks in advance.



LMc

 

[scotteiktsm]

As long as you define whatever pool you don't want to go to vault as a primary sequential storage pool, it will never be included in your DRM offsite media, but if you make it a copypool, DRM will always want to send them offsite.

 

[mjohnson]

This is not correct. DRM manages copypools identified using the SET DRMCOPYSTGPOOL command. Consider my configuration:



tsm: TSMSRV1>select STGPOOL_NAME,POOLTYPE,DEVCLASS from stgpools



STGPOOL_NAME POOLTYPE DEVCLASS

------------------ ------------------ ------------------

COPYPOOL COPY 3590TAPE

DISKDIRPOOL PRIMARY DISK

DISKPOOL PRIMARY DISK

ONSITE_COPY_POOL COPY 3590TAPE

TAPEPOOL PRIMARY 3590TAPE



tsm: TSMSRV1>select * from DRMCSTGPOOLS



STGPOOL_NAME

------------------

COPYPOOL



The tapes in the copy stgpool COPYPOOL are managed by DRM, however the tapes in the copy stgpool ONSITE_COPY_POOL are managed by DRM. I use ONSITE_COPY_POOL to backup DISKDIRPOOL to tape and still be able to have that backup on-site. I also backup DISKDIRPOOL to COPYPOOL, but that backup goes to the vault.



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