Each weekday morning we run the following command "backup stg BKPLTO4POOL 
COPYPOOL_LTO3" to backup the data that has been backed up overnight onto LTO3 
tapes and then checkout these LTO3 tapes and send them offsite. I have a 
reclaimation process running on a daily basis for the COPYPOOL_LTO3 storage 
pool. However this process is using up scratch tapes that are within the tape 
library at an alarming rate and I am starting to run low on scratch tapes.



Am I doing something wrong?

Should there be a daily reclaimation process running on this offsite tape 
storage pool?

Should these COPYPOOL_LTO3 tapes which are in the tape library be sent offsite 
as well as the ones that are sent offsite on a daily basis?

What would happen if I deleted the data on one of these COPYPOOL_LTO3 tapes 
which are currently in the tape library?





Thanks & Regards

Paul



Paul Dudley

Senior IT Systems Administrator

ANL Container Line Pty Limited

Email:  <mailto:pdudley AT anl.com DOT au> pdudley AT anl.com DOT au










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