Hello Tina,

reclamation can start 1 process per storage pool. It is not dependant on the
number of devclass.

Regards,

René Lambelet - *3543 - *A581 
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestlé - CH-1800 Vevey
Tel: ++41/21/924'35'43 / Fax: ++41/21/924'45'89
E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hilton Tina [SMTP:HiltonT AT TCE DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, June 04, 1998 8:57 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      reclamation question
> 
> We recently added a 3494 library (4-3590 drives), which contains all our
> local tapes.  I'm still using 2 stand-alone 3590 drives for our copypool
> tapes.  The device class for the 3494 (3494class) specifies a mountlimit
> of 4, and the device class for the stand-alone 3590 (3590class) drives
> specifies a mount limit of 2.  When reclamation ran for the first time,
> I expedted it start 2 processes and write to 2 scratch tapes
> concurrently, but it's only doing one tape at a time.  That's true for
> the local and copy storage pool reclamations.
> 
> Is this normal or am I omitting something that will allow 2 process for
> reclamation?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Tina Hilton
> Systems Consultant
> Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.
> Systems Software
> hiltont AT tce DOT com
> 317-587-4292