> -----Original Message-----
> From: Fabbro, Andrew P [mailto:Fabbro.Andrew AT cnf DOT com]
> Sent: October 31, 2001 20:15
> To: Veritas BU
> Subject: [Veritas-bu] Canonical definition of a "free tape" + scratch
> operation
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> Also, we're implementing a scratch pool and I'm curious what 
> the mechanism
> is for moving a tape from its assigned pool back into 
> scratch.  Let's say
> pool A claims tape 123 from scratch, uses it a while, and 
> then eventually
> all of the images on the tape expire.  I would like at that 
> point for the
> tape to drop back into the scratch pool...is that what happens?
> 
> Thanks all,

No, it's not. There are scripts from one of the NetBack scripting sites
advertised here from time to time (I forget which one) that acheives this
though by checking for unassigned volumes in a given pool list and moving
them into scratch. I've hacked the script here to report on unassigned tapes
that are not in the robot (this happens if our Offsite provider doesn't
bring a tape back, a double check against my records).

Jason