Manage Tapes by Volume Name

When you use method 3, all tapes are stored and moved by volume name. Tapes are not permanently assigned to backup set rotations. Thus, the volumes needed to restore a save session may be stored on several different racks. In addition, expired backup set rotation tapes are released automatically to the scratch tape pool when they expire.

When tapes are needed for backup, they can be mounted from the scratch pool without previously assigning volumes to rotations.

This is the method most commonly used by larger IBM i shops.