-----Rod Park wrote: -----

>We have a situation where dba's are doing a full db restore to a
>client. The client is requesting and using primary tapes, but it
>is also requesting copypool tapes that are offsite. All of the
>primary tapes are online r/w in the library and some are actually
>in use that has the same db file that the restore is requesting
>but the restore never asks for the primary tape, it goes for the
>copypool tape immediately. AIX, sever version 5.3.3.1, oracle/tdp
>version 5.3....anybody else seen this, why would it request the
>copypool if primary tape is available and read/writable in the
>library?

Are any of the primary pool tapes in use by other processes or
sessions? Do the offsite tapes have access settings that imply that
they are available for mounting? If the answer to both questions is
yes, it is perfectly reasonable for the TSM server to request
mounting of a copy pool tape rather than delay a restore by waiting
for another session or process to finish using a primary pool tape.