James,
        I have had to start taking my 'onsite' tapes out of my library.
This causes some of the same issues.  I must keep an eye on what tapes
Are needed for reconciliation of the offsite copypool tapes, replace some of
the older 'unaccessed' tapes (using q media for this) with tapes needed for
the reconciliation.

I hope this helps, ... Jack

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Hammersley [mailto:Hammersl AT XAVIER DOT EDU]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 2:43 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: RECLAMATION

James,

Do a "query  volume" and look at the  "pct util" column for the tapes
offsite.   Compare that value with the Reclamation Threshold for your
pool.   If there are a lot of tapes that meet that threshold and they
don't come back when they should then you should look to make sure the
reclamation is running when it should and if it is running to
completion.Reclamation Threshold


Richard

James Lepre wrote:

>Hello All,
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> I am having problem with reclamation.  Tapes are not being recycled as
>they should be.  For instance I used get back about 100 tapes per week,
>now I am getting back 16.  Any suggestions?
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