Offsite reclamation makes a lot of sense, for the same reasons that you reclaim 
primary pools - to reduce slack, save on tape usage. Remember that offsite 
tapes are *copy* storage pools, the tapes don't need to be onsite because the 
TSM database knows exactly where each price of data is and it has a copy 
onsite. This is all it needs to move data around. So for example, if you 
reclaim 10 offsite tapes to 1 (90% threshold), then TSM will copy those 10 
tapes to 1 new tape using the data onsite and update the database to correctly 
indicate where the data is.

Miles


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Miles Purdy 
Miles Purdy 
System Manager
Farm Income Programs Directorate
Winnipeg, MB, CA
purdym AT fipd.gc DOT ca
ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557

"If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C?"
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>>> marc.levitan AT PFPC DOT COM 19-Nov-01 1:14:09 PM >>>
>>> marc.levitan AT PFPC DOT COM 19-Nov-01 1:14:09 PM >>>
What is the benefit of using reclamation on the offsite copy tape pool?
How is this possible if the tapes are offsite?
Expiration makes sense, but reclamation?


Marc Levitan
Storage Manager
PFPC Global Fund Services