Re: More tape required for backup

On 25-Jan-2012 08:50 , John McKee wrote:

Our sa is away. The last two weeks, the full backup (GO SAVE 21) has
required three tapes, where it normally requires two. <<SNIP>>
do not believe usage has changed much. I am wondering if we just
stepped over the threshold that two tapes can hold. <<SNIP>>

Might be that some "manual cleanup" [periodic or while in restricted state after the save] was being done by SA, but the now unchecked growth has pushed the limit. That is to suggest, that sometimes those actions do not make their way into the documented procedural steps that somebody else might have to perform as a backup\replacement.

For example: History logs and audit journal receivers sometimes either are not saved :-( and\or saved separately and then deleted. Perhaps deleting all previously saved\eligible receivers, post-save. The QRPLOBJ which maybe was getting cleared; AFaIK that library is part of the save-21. There may also be "log files" in some directories that were being purged, with or without prior save. And if spool data is part of the saves, perhaps some SPLF cleanup using or outside of the GO CLEANUP.

Regards, Chuck