I hope you don't have it set to 60% all the time. But actually change it
from 100 down to 60 when *you* want it to happen!

And are you referring to onsite-Tapepool or offsite-Copypool?
I manage mine entirely differently. :-)

I set onsite-Tapepool to the next available (highest) tape rec number
using a perl program.

I set offsite-Copypool to a rec number that is comfortable with a complex
formula that floats in my head.  rec=highest 15 to 20 eligible tapes if I
have enough scratches to cover it where scratches = scratches-5 for DB
backups, etc, etc.  Which usually turns out to be 18,19,20 or 21.

    ... joe.f.

Joseph A Faracchio,  Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley


On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Palmadesso Jack wrote:

> I am curious as to what you all set your reclamation thresholds at.  Mine
> are currently holding at 60% and at some sites I have the time to bring it
> down even further.  Is it worth it to do so?  When does it become a waste of
> time?  I just hate knowing that there are tapes out there that are half
> empty that I could be using.
>
> Jack
>