Empty offsite tape reclamed again and again

Hi list !

TSM server 5.1.6.2 on AIX 4.3.3
Could someone explain following behaviour : TSM server insists reclaming an 
offsite empty tape several times a day, sometimes restarting a new reclamation 
process seconds after the first one ceased.

"Q act begint=-12 s=000008" shows (snippet of it)

06.08.2003 08:57:17  ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume 000008,   
                      storage pool COPYLTO1_AIX (process number 1401).         
06.08.2003 08:57:17  ANR1041I Space reclamation ended for volume 000008.       
06.08.2003 08:57:56  ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume 000008,     
                      storage pool COPYLTO1_AIX (process number 1402).         
06.08.2003 08:58:00  ANR1041I Space reclamation ended for volume 000008.       
06.08.2003 09:07:51  ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume 000008,     
                      storage pool COPYLTO1_AIX (process number 1403).         
06.08.2003 09:07:51  ANR1041I Space reclamation ended for volume 000008.       
06.08.2003 09:11:13  ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume 000008,     
                      storage pool COPYLTO1_AIX (process number 1404).         
06.08.2003 09:11:13  ANR1041I Space reclamation ended for volume 000008.       
06.08.2003 09:30:49  ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume 000008,     
                      storage pool COPYLTO1_AIX (process number 1405).         

This begins a soon as I lower reclamation threshold for copylt01_aix stgpool, 
and lasts untill I increase it back to 100. Curiously no tape from 
corresponding primary stgpool is mounted, no output tape is created, and more 
troubling q vol 000008 f=d gives me that output :

q vol 000008 f=d

                   Volume Name: 000008
             Storage Pool Name: COPYLTO1_AIX
             Device Class Name: LTO1
       Estimated Capacity (MB): 222.701,1
                      Pct Util: 0,0
                 Volume Status: Filling
                        Access: Offsite
        Pct. Reclaimable Space: 100,0
               Scratch Volume?: Yes
               In Error State?: No
      Number of Writable Sides: 1
       Number of Times Mounted: 8
             Write Pass Number: 1
     Approx. Date Last Written: 24.09.2002 08:59:57
        Approx. Date Last Read: 21.09.2002 17:24:57
           Date Became Pending: 
        Number of Write Errors: 0
         Number of Read Errors: 0
               Volume Location: VAULT
Last Update by (administrator): OPERATOR
         Last Update Date/Time: 24.09.2002 10:11:07

>From what I read, the system insists reclaming an empty tape, that hasn't been 
>written since 11 month !
Doing a q con 000008 returns "ANR2034E QUERY CONTENT: No match found using this 
criteria."
Anyone having an idea of what could be happening here, and how to get a rid of 
this (delete the volume, move data  ?)
Thanks in advance !
Cheers.
Arnaud

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