At 09:27 PM 8/20/97 -0500, Garry Darrer wrote:
>
>Hmm.  I thought you could specify ";DEV=DISC" in MPEX and it would
>scatter the file.  I could be wrong, as I haven't analyzed the file
>after doing such a thing.
>
>What *would* be a nice feature would be if you could specify drives
>to *exclude* when moving files (in MPEX).  When I've had to exclude
>files from moving to certain drives, I would do a
>VOLUTIL "ALTERVOL volset:memberx low% t%" first, move the files
>(DEV=DISC), and then set the VOLUTIL percentages back.

Another option involves grouping individual volumes in a volume set
together by assigning them the same volume class name.  Then simply
copy the files to that device 'class' (e.g. "DEV=GROUP1").

>
>Anybody have a better solution?

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