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Re: [Networker] Retention Period expired but Volume not ready for recycling - cor rection

2004-03-12 08:25:30
Subject: Re: [Networker] Retention Period expired but Volume not ready for recycling - cor rection
From: Stan Horwitz <stan AT TEMPLE DOT EDU>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 08:25:20 -0500
On Fri, 12 Mar 2004, Staudenmaier, Thomas (ZKD) wrote:
>
>Hello there,
>
>perhaps someone can introduce me to the secrets of how Networker handles
>retention policies and when volumes are marked as recycleable.
>Here in my setup (W2K, Networker 7.1 Build 320) I have volumes where the
>retention time has been reached but who are not marked eligible for
>recycling:
>
>mminfo -m -q "full,volretent<today"
>   volume                  written  (%)  expires     read mounts capacity
>E  000003                   267 GB full   expired    0 KB    27     97 GB
>   000004                   137 GB full 17.02.2004   0 KB   104     97 GB
>   000006                   119 GB full 02.03.2004   0 KB    86     97 GB
>E  000008                   268 GB full   expired    0 KB    40     97 GB
>E  000011                   233 GB full   expired 1748 MB   222     97 GB
>   000012                   133 GB full 28.02.2004   0 KB   152     97 GB
>E  000019                   264 GB full   expired    0 KB    10     97 GB
>E  000023                   144 GB full   expired    0 KB    66     97 GB
>E  000034                    57 GB full   expired    0 KB   281     97 GB
>E  000036                    57 GB full   expired    0 KB    78     97 GB
>E  000053                   272 GB full   expired    0 KB    20    100 GB
>E  000054                   195 GB full   expired    0 KB    14     97 GB
>   000056                   143 GB full 17.02.2004   0 KB    37    100 GB
>E  000058                   220 GB full   expired  925 MB   295     97 GB
>E  000076                     0 KB full   expired    0 KB     1     95 GB
>   000091                   312 GB full 18.02.2004   0 KB   625     95 GB
>E  000097                   270 GB full   expired  118 GB     9     95 GB
>   000098                   158 GB full 21.02.2004   0 KB    35     95 GB
>E  000108                     0 KB full   expired    0 KB     3     95 GB
>E  000119                     0 KB full   expired    0 KB     1     95 GB
>E  000139                     0 KB full   expired    0 KB     4     95 GB
>
>Today is 12.03.2004 so why are volumes 4,6,12,56,91,98 not ready for
>recycling?

Most likely because one or more save sets on those volumes has
not yet reached the end of its retention period. In order for
a tape to be marked as recyclable, all of its save sets much
also be marked as recyclable. Look at the save sets on those
tapes and you'll probably see what's going on.

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