hi,
i always thought this is normal since TSM does not know the
type/compression ratio
of data that will reside on these tapes

//
goran

On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 1:18 AM, James R Owen <Jim.Owen AT yale DOT edu> wrote:
> TSM Support,
>
> We have a new BackupL3R STGpool w/ 10 new LTO3 volumes explicitly defined.
>
> Despite having Est.Capacity=400G defined for the LTO3R DEVclass, the
> empty (available) STGpool and Volumes incorrectly show Est.Capacity=0.0 M
>
> Volumes with STATus=PENDing similarly incorrectly show Est.Capacity=0.0 M
>
> Please ask TSM development to correct these erroneous query results.
>
> Thanks for your help.
> --
> Jim.Owen AT Yale DOT Edu   (203.432.6693)
>
> tsm: QUAARK>q stat
> Storage Management Server for AIX-RS/6000 - Version 5, Release 5, Level 1.0
> ...
>
> tsm: QUAARK>q stg backupl3r
>
> Storage      Device       Estimated    Pct    Pct  High  Low  Next Stora-
> Pool Name    Class Name    Capacity   Util   Migr   Mig  Mig  ge Pool
>                                                   Pct  Pct
> -----------  ----------  ----------  -----  -----  ----  ---  -----------
> BACKUPL3R    LTO3R            0.0 M    0.0    0.0   100   99
>
> tsm: QUAARK>q v stat=emp
>
> Volume Name               Storage      Device      Estimated    Pct   Volume
>                         Pool Name    Class Name   Capacity   Util   Status
> ------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------  -----
>  --------
> F00640L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00641L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00642L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00643L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00644L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00645L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00646L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00647L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00648L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> F00649L3                  BACKUPL3R    LTO3R           0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> G00263L3                  BACKUPL3     LTO3            0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> G00438L3                  BACKUPL3     LTO3            0.0 M    0.0   Empty
> G00623L3                  BACKUPL3     LTO3            0.0 M    0.0   Empty
>
> tsm: QUAARK>q dev lto3r
>
> Device       Device        Storage    Device       Format     Est/Max
> Mount
> Class        Access           Pool    Type                   Capacity
> Limit
> Name         Strategy        Count                               (MB)
> ---------    ----------    -------    ---------    ------    --------
>  ------
> LTO3R        Sequential          1    LTO          ULTRI-    409,600.
>  DRIVES
>                                                   UM3C            0
>
> tsm: QUAARK>
>



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