Yes i have a workaround for you. dont use scratch=yes.
Use only tapes that you want to use spesificly on db backup. I never use scratch=yes. i always have 2-4 db tapes marked as private and use them on db backup. Regarding your problem i dont know how to solve it, but this will prevent the library from taking up all the scratch tapes. pete out :-) Kvedja/Regards Petur Eythorsson Taeknimadur/Technician IBM Certified Specialist - AIX Tivoli Storage Manager Certified Professional Microsoft Certified System Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nyherji Hf Simi TEL: +354-569-7700 Borgartun 37 105 Iceland URL: http://www.nyherji.is -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Theresa Whitney Sent: 20. september 2002 13:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tapes getting marked PRIVATE It looks to me that each time I run a db backup TSM will attempt to grab a tape, think it finds an I/O error on the label read, then marks the tape PRIVATE and then moves on to the next tape. That wouldn't be such a problem except that it will do this to almost every tape in my library. I have had the drive hardware checked in the library and had both drives replaced. Did not have the picker checked. This problem does not seem to be happening during a regular data backup - only during the DB backup. Anyone seen this before or have any ideas.....????? Theresa Whitney Technical Systems Admin Northside ISD ph: (210) 706-8837 fax: (210) 706-8877 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]