The short answer is probably yes.  TSM does some checking of files that span
tapes in the reclamation criteria to prevent an endless chain of
reclamation.

Paul D. Seay, Jr.
Technical Specialist
Naptheon Inc.
757-688-8180


-----Original Message-----
From: John [mailto:rs6000 AT BTINTERNET DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:21 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Many, almost empty volumes ??


Hi TSM'rs

I am sure someone has had this before..

TSM Server 4.2 (Windows 2000) connected to a SAN based 18 slot LTO 3583.

The total amount of storage is around 60GB which means there should never
really be more that two, or at worst three tapes in the offsite pool. I have
five. These are data tapes, not DBBackup tapes.

Even after doing reclamation of the offsite pool the three tapes in question
remain offsite and remain at 0.5, 2.1, 0.6 percent used.

Is this normal. I was under the impression that reclamation is supposed to
avoid this.

Would appreciate any thoughts on this

Rgds
John