ADSM-L

Re: Volumes with pct_reclaim = 99.9 do not get reclaimed.

1999-06-23 16:21:41
Subject: Re: Volumes with pct_reclaim = 99.9 do not get reclaimed.
From: Bo Ossinger <ossinger AT WSU DOT EDU>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 13:21:41 -0700
We had this problem when we were having periodic write problems with our
3570 drives.  The reclamation process would pick up all but one or two bad
files.  Only answer was to delete the volume (discarddata=yes).


At 02:51 PM 6/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a number of offsite copypool volumes that are 99.9% reclaimable (the
>reclaimation threshhold is 80), yet when reclaimation runs, these volumes do
>not get recalimed.  We had been seeing a problem where reclaimation had been
>hanging, and I believe that these volumes may have been a side effect.  We
>upgraded the ADSM Server to 3.1.2.20 and reclaimation has been been hanging
>anymore, but these tapes still do not get reclaimed.
>
>Has anyone seen this problem?  Is there a fix program or ADSM command that
>needs to be executed?
>
>Thanks,
>Ari Plaut
>
>

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