The Backstore Engine › Limiting the Number of Tape Drives used by the Backstore Engine › FullMaxdrivesEnforcement Set to No

FullMaxdrivesEnforcement Set to No

When FullMaxdrivesEnforcement is set to N for no, the drives used by Recall tasks are not counted toward the MAXDRIVES setting. If MAXDRIVES is set to five, five drives can be used by Externalization tasks and any number of additional drives could be used for recall tasks.

Note: If MAXDRIVES is set to zero, the Backstore Engine is not allowed to use tape drives for any reason. No Recall or Externalization tasks will be started..