Thanks. I thought I probably was safe but I did not want to wait until it ran out or had problems.
Thanks again, Eric -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Maurice van 't Loo Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 8:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Scratch Tapes This is all right. Like us, TSM likes the newest tapes the most. So it will use all tapes there are in the library. Regards, Maurice ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones, Eric J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 05, 2005 1:33 PM Subject: [ADSM-L] Scratch Tapes > Good morning. > > I have a question on scratch tapes and how/when they are used. > > We are using TSM 5.2.2 with AIX 5.2. > > We have around 225 LTO2 tapes in the library of which about 60 are used. > > The are numbered from TS2000 - TS2225. > > For some time the lower numbered tapes were regularly reused as they > became available(scratch from off-site) or reclamation of on-site tapes. > > Lately TSM seems to be picking the tapes that have never been used and > the lower number tapes don't seem to be selected. > > How does TSM determine what scratch tape to use? > > I just want to make sure it is not stopping using certain tapes in the > library. > > They appear fine and are listed as "SCRATCH" in the library. > > Just noticed and figured I would ask before I ran into any problems. > > > > Eric Jones > > PLATFORM AND SERVER SOLUTIONS > > Owego, NY > > Phone: 607-751-4133 >
