"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 04/07/2006
06:54:26 PM:
> The biggest problem is that TSM doesn't sort reclaimable tapes prior to
> assigning them to threads.  Your best efficiency is to reclaim the most
> empty tapes first.
>
> You could use something like this:
> UPD STG FOOBAR1 RECLAIM=95 RECLAIMPR=5
> Wait a while
> UPD STG FOOBAR1 RECLAIM=90 RECLAIMPR=5
> Wait a while
> UPD STG FOOBAR1 RECLAIM=85 RECLAIMPR=5
>
> Technically, 5.3.0.0 also has a RECLAIM STG command; however, there are
> defects in it that can cause hangs and other problems at 5.3 base.

...which is exactly why you don't (usually) want to run any base level of
code. Server version 5.3.2 has been found to be very stable in *our*
environment, and the RECLAIM STG command contains a WAIT parameter that
makes a "countdown" script very easy to build.

--
Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT usbank DOT com)
MR Backup and Recovery Management
262.790.3190

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