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How can you compare the size of a file on the primary pool versus the copy pool versus the OS?
A file could span tapes; something has to, clearly, so maybe it's not trivial. But can you compare `query content volume filespace format=detail` against what the OS reports, for each pool? I tried that, and the numbers don't match the OS (`/bin/ls -l filename`). The documentation gets into segments and aggregates, and ... sheesh! Why can't they just keep it simple. Maybe `query content` is not the best choice for this?
Something like `dsmc q backup /path_to_fname/ -detail` does match the OS, but this doesn't separately address the pools. How do you determine that they both have the same size for the given file?
Maybe I have it all wrong, and trying to do something like this is moot?
A file could span tapes; something has to, clearly, so maybe it's not trivial. But can you compare `query content volume filespace format=detail` against what the OS reports, for each pool? I tried that, and the numbers don't match the OS (`/bin/ls -l filename`). The documentation gets into segments and aggregates, and ... sheesh! Why can't they just keep it simple. Maybe `query content` is not the best choice for this?
Something like `dsmc q backup /path_to_fname/ -detail` does match the OS, but this doesn't separately address the pools. How do you determine that they both have the same size for the given file?
Maybe I have it all wrong, and trying to do something like this is moot?