Hello.

TSM 6.3.2.200 on AIX 7.1 fp6

We have a filepool that has 276 (214GB) volumes defined for a total of approx 
60TB.  The occupancy is as follows.

select sum(physical_mb) from occupancy

                        Unnamed[1]
----------------------------------
                       45079209.31


We have 75 empty volumes.

select count(*) from volumes where stgpool_name='FPOOL01' and   status='EMPTY'

  Unnamed[1]
------------
          75

So, the stgpool is not full and we have empty volumes, but TSM starts creating 
volumes and fills up the file system.  Any idea why or any clues as to why it 
is doing this?  It's probably something really obvious.

More information:

q devc file f=d
             Device Class Name: FILE
        Device Access Strategy: Sequential
            Storage Pool Count: 1
                   Device Type: FILE
                        Format: DRIVE
         Est/Max Capacity (MB): 204,769.0
                   Mount Limit: 50
              Mount Wait (min):
         Mount Retention (min):
                  Label Prefix:
                       Library:
                     Directory: /tsmfp/fp001,/tsmfp/fp002,/tsmfp/fp003
                   Server Name:
                  Retry Period:
                Retry Interval:
                        Shared:
            High-level Address:
              Minimum Capacity:
                          WORM: No
              Drive Encryption:
               Scaled Capacity:
       Primary Allocation (MB):
     Secondary Allocation (MB):
                   Compression:
                     Retention:
                    Protection:
               Expiration Date:
                          Unit:
      Logical Block Protection:
Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN
         Last Update Date/Time: 10/08/13   16:07:14

q stg fpool01 f=d
                    Storage Pool Name: FPOOL01
                    Storage Pool Type: Primary
                    Device Class Name: FILE
                   Estimated Capacity: 47,096 G
                   Space Trigger Util: 38.8
                             Pct Util: 45.4
                             Pct Migr: 45.4
                          Pct Logical: 99.1
                         High Mig Pct: 90
                          Low Mig Pct: 70
                      Migration Delay: 0
                   Migration Continue: Yes
                  Migration Processes: 1
                Reclamation Processes: 2
                    Next Storage Pool:
                 Reclaim Storage Pool:
               Maximum Size Threshold: No Limit
                               Access: Read/Write
                          Description: Filepool for backups
                    Overflow Location:
                Cache Migrated Files?:
                           Collocate?: No
                Reclamation Threshold: 100
            Offsite Reclamation Limit:
      Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed: 300
       Number of Scratch Volumes Used: 10
        Delay Period for Volume Reuse: 0 Day(s)
               Migration in Progress?: No
                 Amount Migrated (MB): 0.00
     Elapsed Migration Time (seconds): 0
             Reclamation in Progress?: No
       Last Update by (administrator): ADMIN
                Last Update Date/Time: 10/08/13   15:07:15
             Storage Pool Data Format: Native
                 Copy Storage Pool(s):
                  Active Data Pool(s):
              Continue Copy on Error?: Yes
                             CRC Data: No
                     Reclamation Type: Threshold
          Overwrite Data when Deleted:
                    Deduplicate Data?: No
Processes For Identifying Duplicates:
            Duplicate Data Not Stored:
                       Auto-copy Mode: Client
Contains Data Deduplicated by Client?: No

Thanks.




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