Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4
This will reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50% 
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed the 
reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out what tapes 
are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is complete 
delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hello everyone,

For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm 
servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I am 
in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never do.  
Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very 
under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple 
reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.

Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing 
reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the 
another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would mean 
bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing as I 
would like with the reclamation processes.

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back under 
control.

Thank you in advance!

Joni Moyer
Storage Administrator III
(717)302-9966
joni.moyer AT highmark DOT com


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