Collocation for the storage pool is set to "none". No I am not using the "du=" 
parameter on the reclaim commands. I check the log and they do finish 
successfully.
They are a mixture of "full" and "filling" tapes. They are all set as "offsite".

Thanks & Regards
Paul

>
> > I currently have a lot of copypool storage tapes which are between 50 - 60%
> utilization. Expiration runs daily and I run reclaimation daily on this 
> copypool, set to
> 50.
> >
> > Is there anything I can do to try and consolidate the data onto fewer 
> > copypool
> tapes?
>
> I would conclude that you have your collocation on the copypool set to 
> something
> other than "none." My back-up theory is that you're using a "dur=" parameter 
> on
> your reclaim commands, and they simply are not finishing.
>
> Are these tapes marked as being off-site? Are they in "filling" status or 
> "full"?
> "Filling" tapes normally are excluded from reclamation if they're allegedly 
> still in the
> library.
>
> I'm not sure why it would matter, but what's your TSM server level?
>
>
> Nick






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