WOW - I didn't realize that.  Thanks for pointing that out.

Won't automatically go to nextstgpool,  didn't automatically reclaim?  So,
what is the advantage/benefit of DEVCLASS=FILE?  Sounds like time to go
back to DEVCLASS=DISK

On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Paul Zarnowski <psz1 AT cornell DOT edu> wrote:

> At 12:12 PM 2/13/2015, Zoltan Forray wrote:
> >Well, last night became a disaster.  Backups failing all over because it
> >couldn't allocate any more files and also would not automatically shift to
> >use the "nextpool" which is defined as a tape pool.
>
> Alas, TSM doesn't automatically "roll over" when the ingest pool in FILE.
> I really wish that it did.  Here's the relevant documentation for NEXTSTG
> for FILE stgpools:
>
> >   When there is insufficient space available in the current storage
>  pool, the NEXTSTGPOOL parameter for sequential access storage pools   does
> not allow data to be stored into the next pool. In this case,   the server
> issues a message and the transaction fails.
>
> ..Paul
>
>
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