As long as the volumes have an access mode of OFFSITE they will not return
to the scratch pool.  Update the access mode to readwrite and the volumes
will return to the scratch pool.
Jim Sporer

At 12:18 AM 9/29/2004 -0500, you wrote:

On the dev class?  Yes it's two minutes.  Should it be increased?

ray


On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Coats, Jack wrote:

> Is there a retention set?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: -ray [mailto:ray AT OPS.SELU DOT EDU]
> Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 8:02 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Empty Virtual volumes
>
>
> Anyone ever seen this?  Using virtual volumes, my primary server keeps
EMPTY
> volumes around... not sure if they are created empty or become empty
through
> reclamation.  Shouldn't they be deleted after reclamataion?  Or at
> least reused?   It's filling up maxscratch on the stgp and causing the
> offsite backup to fail.  Thanks for any info...
>
> ray =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Ray DeJean                                       http://www.r-a-y.org
> Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
> IBM Certified Specialist              AIX Administration, AIX Support
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>
>
> GABRIEL.BFS.096054236        OFFSITE         OFFSITE        102,400.0
> 87.2       Full
> GABRIEL.BFS.096080476        OFFSITE         OFFSITE         39,008.9
> 87.2       Full
> GABRIEL.BFS.096099232        OFFSITE         OFFSITE         13,074.7
> 95.5       Full
> GABRIEL.BFS.096103300        OFFSITE         OFFSITE        102,399.9
> 80.5       Full
> GABRIEL.BFS.096120825        OFFSITE         OFFSITE        102,399.9
> 81.7       Full
> GABRIEL.BFS.096131325        OFFSITE         OFFSITE         21,769.1
> 98.2       Full
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096274546        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096277043        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096277409        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096279634        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096321175        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096321480        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096325921        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096329386        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
> GABRIEL.BFS.096332046        OFFSITE         OFFSITE              0.0
> 0.0      Empty
>
> .......etc.......
>

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Ray DeJean                                       http://www.r-a-y.org
Systems Engineer                    Southeastern Louisiana University
IBM Certified Specialist              AIX Administration, AIX Support
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