ADSM-L

Re: Offsite reclamation question? [ LONG ]

2005-02-14 10:52:04
Subject: Re: Offsite reclamation question? [ LONG ]
From: "Rushforth, Tim" <TRushforth AT WINNIPEG DOT CA>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:51:30 -0600
That is what happens at our site!

Start Offsite reclamation, do a couple q vols and you will see!

-----Original Message-----
From: asr AT UFL DOT EDU [mailto:asr AT UFL DOT EDU] 
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 2:24 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Offsite reclamation question? [ LONG ]

==> 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