Make sure you are not doing delhist on dbbackup tapes.  If you do, Drm will lose track of then - hence never get returned from offsite...

Robert Burton
Open Systems Storage Analyst
Royal Bank of Canada  
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-----Original Message-----
From: Dusedau, Stefan [mailto:Stefan.Dusedau AT VIACOM DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 10:24 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Off-site tape tracking

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