yes, only once it is marked full will it be eligible for reclamation.

     its eligibility is based on the %utilized, so if you
        upd stg tapepool recl=80
     if at least 80% of the space is reclaimable it will be processed




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Subject: Simple concept Question
Author:  dotalbo (dotalbo AT IBM DOT NET) at unix,mime
Date:    2/12/99 8:22 AM


Hello Adsmers,
Just a quick question on reclamation. Is a volume eligible for reclamation
only when it is full. If not what is the reclamation percentage determined
against; The estimated capacity of the tape volume, or the percentage
utilized of the estimated capacity. An example extracted from a "q vol *
f=d"

Volume Name: 156KJZ
Stg: Backuppool
Devc: Adsmdev
Estimated Capacity (MB): 5000
Pct Util: 48.9
Vol Status: Filling
Access: Read/Write
Pct. Reclaimable Space: 7.8

How is reclamation determined when I send a partly used volume offsite?

Regards
Dominic Talbot