The utilization figures I quoted have not changed since ADSM finished
writing to the tape. In some cases the reclamation percentage is only
10-12%, leaving a large percentage of the tape unused.

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> From: Campbell Esplin <Campbell AT KINGSLEY.CO DOT ZA>
> From: Campbell Esplin <Campbell AT KINGSLEY.CO DOT ZA>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Tape Utilization
> Date: Wednesday, February 04, 1998 11:21 PM
>
> Don, ADSM tracks the "free" space on your media as it writes new data to
it
> and as it "invalidates"
> expired data. All of this is possible since the ADSM DB has full
knowledge
> of what each volume holds.
> So each volume over time will reflect different % utilization figures.
The
> question is how "empty" would you
> like your tapes "not" to be. This is what's called your
PERCENTRECLAMATION
> threshold for your STGPOOL.
> So if you have RECLAMATION set on for a 50% threshold you should see for
> instance that 003 and 004 will be
> consolidated onto 003 and 004 released for re-use.
>
> Campbell Esplin
> Excalibur Business Solutions
> ----------
> > From: Don Burdette <dburdett AT IX.NETCOM DOT COM>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Tape Utilization
> > Date: Thursday, February 05, 1998 6:44 AM
> >
> > I was wondering if someone could tell my why I am getting such varied
> tape
> > utilization's. The tape utilization's go something like this:
> >
> > 001 = 91.5%
> > 002 = 66.3%
> > 003 = 39.3%
> > 004 = 45.7%
> >
> > The tape drive is a 3570-B12. I am not using compression at the client
> and
> > I have the tape capacity set a 5 gig. Anybody have a clue as to what is
> > going on?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Don Burdette