Those unclaim tapes could be DB tapes that expired.  Two months ago I
     did a manual inventory and recovered 80 tapes from offsite and 30 from
     the Library.  We are using DRM to.  We had a schedule house cleaning
     command using "delete VolHistory Today=TODAY-Type=ALL".  This cleaned
     out the DB.  Thus the system loss track of the tapes offsite and in
     the Library.


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Subject: Off-site tape tracking
Author:  "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> ("Dusedau,
Stefan"
<Stefan.Dusedau AT VIACOM DOT COM>) at INET
Date:    7/15/99 10:24 AM






       Recently our operations group did a manual (physical) audit of the
       tapes
       that are off-site. Interestingly enough we found that there were
       quite
       a few
       tapes that ADSM did not know about. We have been totally relying on
       the
       DRM
       function to manage the movement of tapes.

       Has anyone else seen this? I seem to remember another thread awhile
       ago.
       What actions have sites taken to prevent such a situation.

       Thank You

       Stefan Dusedau
       InfoWorks
       A Viacom Technology Service
       stefan.dusedau AT viacom DOT com
       (212)258-6739