Copied from Richard Sims ADSM/TSM Quick Facts at
http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.funcdir

For an onsite storage pool, the new
REClaim value is observed as the next
volume is handled.
For an offsite storage pool, the new
REClaim value is *not* observed prior to
the conclusion of the current process.
Ref: Admin Guide manual topic "Choosing
a Reclamation Threshold", "Lowering the
Migration Threshold".


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Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Im Auftrag 
von Tyree, David
Gesendet: Dienstag, 04. Jänner 2005 15:18
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: strange reclaimation behavor


            I have something strange going on with my reclaimations. I have
the system issue a command in the afternoons to start reclaiming tapes by
dropping the levels to 60%. I then have it issue another command around
midnight to raise the levels back to 100%.

            When I get here in the morning I will usally find that
reclaiming is still going on. I have verified that the stop_reclaim scripts
are actually running by looking at the actlog for the time period involved.
I end up doing a cancel process to get it to stop.

            I could understand it still running if it was in the middle of a
50-60 gig file but it's only moving small (several meg) files. It's had
about eight hours to stop on it's own. I would have thought it would have
found an opertunity to stop after eight hours.

            The contents of all of the scripts involved are correct. I have
one starting the tapepool and another to start the copypool and another
couple to raise the level back up. I alternate different pools each night.

            Any ideas here?

I'm running 5.2.2 on a Win2k server with 4 LTO2 drives in a PV136T library.





David Tyree
Enterprise Backup Administrator
South Georgia Medical Center
229.333.1155

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