Thank you for your answer but when I want to do an incremental backup on the
same tape, it does not work. It says the tape is already  in use.

Thank you.

Mihai Iancu


Christo_Heuer_ wrote:

> Hi Mihai,
>
> You can not use the same volume twice as a database backup -
> it goes against ADSM's principles. Say you backup the DB as
> type full the first time and then do five incrementals the rest of
> the week to the same tape - and on the Sunday you loose the
> tape - it does happen... You would have then lost a whole week
> of data from an ADMS point of view.
>
> Regards
> Christo Heuer
> ABSA Bank
> Johannesburg
> South Africa
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >Here is my situation:
> >
> >- labeled a volume dbbk1
> >- put the ibm 3590 in manual mode
> >- configure a devclass for manual operation
> >- issues backup db type=full devclass..... scratch=no volumenames=dbbk1
> >
> >Everything works fine until I issues another backup db on the same
> >volume, both types full and/or incremental.
> >
> >The server tells me that the volume is already in use.... and asks for a
> >scratch volume or is cancelling the process.
> >
> >What do I do wrong?
> >
> >Thank you
> >
> >
> >Mihai Iancu