Expiration data

[chris_magic]

Hello,

I would like to find a way to be sure that the expiration process has expired all the data needed to be.

I have the intuition to have data that don't expire.
I say this because I have a large number of cartridges that are offsite and some of this cartridges are never returned by TSM.

 

[GregE]

Are they TSM DB backup tapes?

Also even if they are data, you're not going to get them back if they have data that still exists, has never changed, and the tape's reclaim percentage never meets the threshold you specify for reclamation.

 

[sandeepkontham]

even if you have one active version in any offsite tape it will never return ..... that's why it is recommended to run reclaimation regularly even on copystgpool