We are currently sending tapes of a copypool offsite to provide
        for diaster recovery.
        Each night we mark a tape "offsite" and ensure that the
        reclamation threshold is set to 100 percent for that copypool.

        1) The question is, at the end of an eight week period, if we retrieve
        all the tapes from offsite storage, can the space be 
reclaimed/condensed        so that we can make sure that our copy pool does not 
proliferate to a
        large number of tapes?

        2) What is the correct procedure for moving data offsite, daily, in the
        case where we are the sole holders of the archived data sets?

        3) If we assume that all the tapes are less than half full will
        reclamation be accomplished?


Carol Hinatsu

carol AT kelman.ab DOT ca
Kelman Archives
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
(403) 294-7560