Do you always want Monday to go to slot 1, for example? if so you can partition the library, but I don't think you can assign the same slot to more than one partition, so would not be able to use the 6th for overflow/growth
if you want to do this, partition the loader (Slot1 = Monday, Slot2 = Tuesday etc). You would need 5 separate jobs, each pointed at the associated partition
Instead, create one Daily job, Overwrite, media set "Daily" with an OPP of 6 days, App of 0 (never append).
The first week, load one tape the first night, a second the next, etc in the appropriate slot. When you start the second week, load the overflow tape
Only load the Monthly tape the first time you run a monthly job
For the Monthly, create a job, Overwrite, media set "Monthly" OPP of 27 days, APP of 0 again
Tools\Options\Media Management
Select either Full or Partial
Select "Use Overwriteable media in target media set before scratch medla"
point both jobs to the "All Pools" media pool rather than to specific slots
remember, too, that when a job spans to a second tape, it will only accept Overwriteable media, so if/when you start to overflow, you will need more than one overflow tape
Message Edited by Ken Putnam on
03-27-2008 01:23 PM