You can run reclamation with D2D by using Devicetype=file on disk.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jesse Dotterer [mailto:jdotterer AT SEPATON DOT COM]
Sent: July 23, 2004 10:54 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: D2D vs. tape backups with TSM?

There are some other faster restore solutions out there.  With Virtual
Tape Libraries you get all the speed and reliability of D2D but with all
the functionality of tape.  For example, I happen to work for a company
that provides a VTL solution which is certified by IBM-TSM.  There is no
way to run reclamation on D2D so that must be done once it is
transferred to real tape.  With a VTL solution, you backup to a virtual
tape library and device, run the reclamation on that, which is nearly
instantaneous and then copy to real tape via archive and that saves you
hrs and hrs of reclamation time.  The other benefit is the near
unlimited amount of mount points.  With backups and restores, the speed
of real tape and libraries are not longer your bottleneck.