Thanks for the reply but one thing I am still confused about are these copypool 
tapes sitting in my onsite tape library. Given that the primary reason for this 
copypool is for offsite tapes, should these copypool tapes currently residing 
in my tape library (created by reclaimation processes) be checked out and sent 
offsite as well?

Thanks & Regards
Paul


> -----Original Message-----
> > A lot of these have a status of "Full" however they are only 50/60/70% used.
>
> ...a reflection of files on the filled tape expiring over time, which 
> reclamation will
> combine with other data to fill a new tape.  Surrogate reclamation tends to 
> be quite
> slow compared to direct reclamation, where it may not be able to keep up with 
> the
> need for additional offsite tapes for new data, the result being a 
> considerable
> demand for the scratch tapes you have in the library, which could account for 
> your
> issue of running low on scratch tapes.
>
> The only other suggestion that may apply is to verify the devclass Format 
> being
> used, that it uses compression so as to get the most onto the tapes.
>
>     Richard Sims






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