VMBackup question

[Jim Bohnsack]

We have installed a Luminex virtual tape system.  My question isn't how 
to make it work.  It seems to be doing fine.  The only problem and the 
reason for my question is that I have the virtual tapes defined as 3490C 
tapes.  My quandary is the fact that I have the virtual tapes defined as 
the VMBackup Primary Resource Pool and and a 3494 robot with 3590 
drives, located in a different location, as the VMBackup Copy Resource 
Pool.  It works just fine for backups. 

Restores, however, result in VMBackup picking a 3590 tape rather than 
one of the 3490 tapes.  I know, or think I know, that I can get around 
that using VMBackup Job Template files and specifying the input tape 
volser and/or density.  That's a little awkward.  I want the restores to 
be able to be done from the VMBackup screens so our admin. people can do 
them.  The VMBackup System Prog. Ref says that the tapes for a restore 
are chosen from a density preference list with the higher density tapes, 
naturally, being chosen first.  That's logical, but not what I want. 

Does anyone have any idea as to how to force VMBackup to use a different 
list?  I have a question open the CA but I was hoping that someone has 
faced the same question .

Jim
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