ADSM-L

Re: Offsite reclamation question? [ LONG ]

2005-02-11 15:24:37
Subject: Re: Offsite reclamation question? [ LONG ]
From: asr AT UFL DOT EDU
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:24:18 -0500
==> On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:02:07 -0500, "David E Ehresman" <deehre01 AT 
louisville DOT edu> said:


> Reclaim is built to require the fewest number possible of primary tapes.  So
> when a reclaim threshold is set for a copy pool, TSM determines all eligible
> tapes, picks a primary pool tape to mount, takes all eligible files off it,
> then proceed to the next primary tape.

So, you think the answer is 'yes', and in my scenario for instance, if I have
a dozen offsite tapes ready for reclamation, once the first primary mount is
complete I would expect to see that -all- of their pct_utilized have gone down
by some small aliquot.

Nice.


- Allen S. Rout