Hi *SMers,

TSM 5.2.1 server
W2K sp4
3583 L72

I can't get my head around why this is happening...
A number of SQL clients back up to the SQL_TAPEPOOL, with collocation
turned off. However,  we are only storing 68 MB from all the sql clients
so I would expect all that data to fit on one tape, which it does. But for
some reason TSM wants to pick up two scratch volumes everyday to backup
the SQL diskpool to - not the already defined volume.

Eachmorning I find myself performing a 'move data' on the two newly
defined vols just to move the data back to the slowly accumilating volume.

One thing that occured to me was that the volume had about 37% reclaimable
space - and if the files which had expired were at the end of the volume,
would TSM be able to locate the correct position to start writing from?

That's the only reason I can think why this is happening. Can any one else
shine a bit of light on this problem?

Many Thanks,
Matthew



Aviva plc
Registered Office: St. Helen's, 1 Undershaft, London EC3P 3DQ
Registered in England Number 02468686
www.aviva.com

This message and any attachments are confidential.
If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone
or e-mail the sender and delete this message and any
attachment from your system. Also, if you are not the
intended recipient you must not copy this message or
attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.