Bingo.  Server 1 had it, server 2 didn't.  What's the clean way
to restart the vmd?  Don't want to start killing daemons at random.
Still trying to find who stole my netbackup books.  They really
shouldn't have "closed" the backup adminisrator position.  The
guy doing it previously had it working great.  This host wasn't
"live" yet but was still being tested when they closed it.


Thus spake Ballowe, Charles (CBallowe AT usg DOT com):

> check your vm.conf file for a line that looks like:
> SCRATCH_POOL = SCRATCH
> 
> this is the config line that tells it what pool to use
> for that purpose. If it's not there, add it and restart
> vmd.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris AT rdlg DOT net]
> > Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 3:14 PM
> > To: Veritas-BU
> > Subject: [Veritas-bu] "Scratch" default pool?
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >   I have 2 systems.  The older one has a pool named "SCRATCH" it 
> > automatically puts new tapes into.  If a pool needs a new 
> > tape it grabs
> > one from scratch instead of saying it doesn't have enough tapes.
> > 
> >   The other system didn't have such a pool.  If a pool was 
> > full it just
> > bombed out instead of snagging tapes from another pool.  I've created
> > a "SCRATCH" pool but I'm not sure how to test if it's set to 
> > be used for
> > such media.  I'd rather not empty a pool and force a backup 
> > to fail.  Just
> > a bit ugly and a last ditch resort.
> > 
> > Any thoughts on how to verify the configuration is set up to use the
> > scratch pool as a spares pool?
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > :wq!
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > -------------
> > Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> > Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
> >   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
> >                                 \_       that important!
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print 
> > $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > 
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:wq!
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
  at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
                                \_       that important!
DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'