Re: Can I initialize expired tapes using STRMNTBRM?

[Steve McKay <samckay1@xxxxxxxxx>]

Paul -

 "we don't have problems initializing volumes within STRMNTBRM" - does that
mean that you are somehow initializing volumes as they are expired by
STRMNTBRM?

Thanks,

Steve McKay
(205) 585-8424
samckay1@xxxxxxxxx



On Mon, Jul 27, 2020 at 1:59 PM Paul Fenstermacher <
PFenstermacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> We also back up daily to DD and we don't have problems initializing
> volumes within STRMNTBRM.
>
> Paul Fenstermacher | Sys Admin, Sr | Technology Operations | Jack Henry &
> Associates, Inc.
> Remote | Springfield, MO | 417-501-0508  |
> pfenstermacher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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> All -
>
> We back up to an EMC Data Domain (as a VTL) using BRMS.  My director
> doesn't want to keep unused data on the Data Domain so he wants to
> initialize the expired tapes.  I am currently manually initializing every
> expired tape.  Is there a way to initialize the tapes as STRMNTBRM expires
> them each day?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve McKay
> (205) 585-8424
> samckay1@xxxxxxxxx
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