ADSM-L

Re: Reclamation of offsite volumes

2000-04-05 09:21:41
Subject: Re: Reclamation of offsite volumes
From: nwindric <nwindric AT DEBIS DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 15:21:41 +0200
Hi John,

I got this problem in a Library, because the insite in the library
wasn4t loaded into the drive. After an audit library it works fine.

N. Windrich

"Price, John" schrieb:
>
> I was not referring to the copypool volumes, I was referring to your onsite
> volumes.  Sometimes the tapes will get marked unavailable for your onsite
> copies.
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Lawrence Clark[SMTP:Larry_Clark AT THRUWAY.STATE.NY DOT US]
> > Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> > Sent:         Thursday, March 30, 2000 8:52 AM
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Re: Reclamation of offsite volumes
> >
> > Hi John:
> > Per the manual, copypool volumes that are acc=unav are still candidates
> > for reclamation.
> > When you change them to acc=readw do you return them onsite to complete
> > the reclamation, or does the reclamation process use the primary storage
> > pool as a source?
> >
> >
> > Larry Clark
> > NYS Thruway Authority
> >
> > >>> john.price AT WEYERHAEUSER DOT COM 03/29/00 05:11PM >>>
> > I have also had troubles with this and found that I have tapes that have
> > been marked unavailable.  I changed them to readwrite and reclamation
> > worked
> > fine after that.  On the command line type q vol * stg=* acc=unavailable
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:         Eric Winters[SMTP:ewinters AT AU1.IBM DOT COM]
> > > Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> > > Sent:         Wednesday, March 29, 2000 5:00 PM
> > > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject:      Re: Reclamation of offsite volumes
> > >
> > > Thanks for the suggestion Lawrence but I need to be in control of when
> > > reclamation takes place and reclamation isn't working anyway for a few
> > > tapes - this is the point, that tapes with reclamation values > my
> > > reclamation threshold are NOT being fully reclaimed or are being
> > > completely
> > > ignored.
> > >
> > > I am going to go down the move data path.
> > >
> > > Regards and thanks,
> > >
> > > Eric Winters
> > > IBM Global Services Australia
> > > ZE06 (Zenith Centre - Tower A)
> > > Level 6,
> > > 821 Pacific Highway
> > > Chatswood NSW 2067
> > > Sydney Australia
> > > Ph:  +61-2-8448 4104
> > > Fax: +61-2-8448 4006
> > >
> > >
> > > Lawrence Clark <Larry_Clark AT THRUWAY.STATE.NY DOT US> on 29/03/2000 
> > > 23:39:19
> > >
> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> > >
> > > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > cc:    (bcc: Eric Winters/Australia/Contr/IBM)
> > > Subject:  Re: Reclamation of offsite volumes
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi Eric:
> > > You may want to:
> > > - set your hi lo values on your offsite  (copypool) storage pool so that
> > > an
> > > expire inventory will initiate the reclamation.
> > > - adjust the values so that it is below your 'troublesome tapes
> > >
> > > >>> BillSlaughter AT TUPPERWARE DOT COM 03/28/00 03:59PM >>>
> > > I myself found the same problem and no longer use "reclamation".
> > >
> > > I use a script that I developed that figures out which tapes are above
> > my
> > > (reclaimable) threshold and issues "Move Data XXXXXX" commands in non
> > peak
> > > hours on a daily basis.
> > >
> > > To avoid processing tapes that I just sent offsite (PTF #1) I only
> > process
> > > the ones that have not been written to in 10 days.
> > >
> > > You don't even need to recall your "troublesome" volumes, ADSM knows
> > where
> > > the file is in the primary storage pool and will re-create the offsite
> > > tape
> > > in a new or appended tape.
> > >
> > > I can send you the script if you want?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Eric Winters [mailto:ewinters AT AU1.IBM DOT COM]
> > > Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 12:00 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject: Reclamation of offsite volumes
> > >
> > >
> > > Dear  *SM people,
> > >
> > > Further to my submission a week or so ago I thought I'd update you on
> > what
> > > I found when looking closely at the success of offsite reclamation.
> > > It turns out that like Marian, I have a number of volumes which are only
> > > reclaimed very slowly, and some which are not reclaimed at all. Over the
> > > period of a week I had 6 eligible volumes of which 3 were partly
> > reclaimed
> > > (just a few percent) and another 3 were not reclaimed at all. And this
> > is
> > > in spite of allowing the offsite reclamation process to always run as
> > long
> > > as it wanted (ie I never killed the process).
> > >
> > > These troublesome volumes will be brought back in order to manually move
> > > their data. (I'm on ADSM 3.1.2.40).
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Eric Winters
> > > IBM Global Services Australia
> > > ZE06 (Zenith Centre - Tower A)
> > > Level 6,
> > > 821 Pacific Highway
> > > Chatswood NSW 2067
> > > Sydney Australia
> > > Ph:  +61-2-8448 4104
> > > Fax: +61-2-8448 4006
> > >
> >
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