Overwrite protection Period starts when the last data of the last backup set on the tape is written. That is, it is updated every time data is written to the tape
Append period is set when the first data of the first backup set on the tape is written, and never changes until the tape is overwritten again
You can either insert the tape you want to use and drag it to the scratch set, or change the OPP such that when you want to reuse a tape, it has expired (bearing in mind that appended data does extent the OPP)Message was edited by:
Ken Putnam