As with most things in netbackup, anything you can do in the gui, you
can do with a CLI command, or by edditing a .conf file.
In 5.0 (haven't used NB between 3.4 and 5.0, and I barely remember how
it was done in 3.4) while you can configure it in the GUI,
alternatively, you can add an entry like "SCRATCH_POOL = <pool_name>" in
your /usr/openv/volmgr/vm.conf file to define a scratch pool.
On a MS-Windows master/media server, I'm not sure....

Paul

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Ljungblad [mailto:Eric.Ljungblad AT CopleyPress DOT com] 
> Sent: May 4, 2005 2:03 AM
> To: Paul Keating; 'veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu '
> Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Scratch Pool Usage
> 
> 
>  Please forgive me but didnt the old scratch pools need to be 
> designed by
> creating them from the volmgr/db the using "SCRATCH_POOL" in 
> caps and no
> extention from notepad? not from the gui? SCRATCH_POOL is a touch file
> without an extention in the DB area that is utilized when a 
> or any pool runs
> out of space providing the correct barcode free tape exists in the
> SCRATCH_POOL?
> Eric
>