Hi,
have you check the "Delay period for Volume Reuse" in the settings of the
stgpool???

Yu Chen wrote:

> i had a similar problem and it turned out another process took priority
> (backup to copy tape). after that one finished the terminated reclamation
> process restarted itself and started moving data to newly emptied tapes.
>
> it didn't ask for scratch volume??
>
> yu chen
>
> -- As Zeus said to Narcissus, "Watch yourself."
>
> On Mon, 29 Dec 1997, Bill King wrote:
>
> ** >010Date: 29-Dec-97 12:12:00 -0500
> ** >From: MARKL @ SMTP (Mark Linehan) {markl AT NSMC.PARTNERS DOT ORG}
> ** >To: ADSM-L @ SMTP {ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU}
> ** >001Subject: RECLAMATION
> ** >
> ** >Okay, I set the reclamation threshhold to 30 and it immediately decided it
> ** >wanted to reclaim volume SLTJS1. It began to reclaim data using volume
> ** >SLTGS2, which was filled. When SLTGS2 became filled, the reclamation
> ** >porcess bombed out rather than moving to another tape. We have TWO tapes
> ** >which are not FULL. We have NO tapes which are scratch volumes. Adstar now
> ** >seems determined on finding a scratch volume to continue reclamation, but
> ** >we have none. Is there a setting to allow reclamation to occur using
> ** >NON-SCRATCH volumes, or am I overlooking something else???
> ** >
> ** >Mark Linehan
> ** >Information Services
> ** >The North Shore Medical Center
> ** >markl AT nsmc.partners DOT org
> **
> ** Mark,
> **
> ** We may have to do a move data.
> **



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Pier Antonio BIANCHI
ADSM, System Manager
JRC - Ispra
Italy