Hi Sheelagh,

I hadn't noticed it before your message, but we see the same thing. We
run reclaimation for our offsite pool overnight on Sundays from 4pm.
Last Sunday we didn't see the first ANR1040I message until 17:25 (but
there were 8 messages, for different volumes, generated at the same
time).

I am assuming that the reclaimation process will actually start at the
time the UPDATE STGPOOL command is issues, but it has a lot of work to
do before it can actually start moving data. Unlike on-site volumes,
reclaimation off off-site copypool volumes doesn't read the actual
volumes (obviously) but reads the "original" copy of the files from
on-site volumes. For efficiencies sake, it will read all files that it
needs from one on-site volume before moving onto the next. So it needs
to sort the list of files that are on the off-site volumes to be
reclaimed before it does any tape mounts.

Are you seeing a different in behaviour now then when you were running
an earlier version of the server?


regards,

Trevor

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sheelagh Treweek
> [SMTP:sheelagh.treweek AT COMPUTING-SERVICES.OXFORD.AC DOT UK]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 1998 1:05 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      long delays between updating stg pool for reclamation
> and process start
>
>
> Has anyone any clues as to why adsm server (AIX 4.2.1/3.1.1.3 + latest
> untested fix) should wait over an hour between the update of an
> "offsite"
> copypool threshold to trigger reclamation and the actual process start
> message appearing?
>
> Yesterday :
>
> 20-07-1998 13:42:32  ANR2202I Storage pool BACKUP_X1 updated.
> 20-07-1998 15:02:34  ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume
> P00956,
>                       storage pool BACKUP_X1 (process number 1154).
>
> Today :
>
> 21-07-1998 15:48:48  ANR2202I Storage pool BACKUP_X1 updated.
>
> Current Date and Time on the Server
> ----------------------------------------
> 21-07-1998 16:01:01
>
> ... and still no reclamation process starting.
>
> There are other things going on on the server (another reclamation
> process
> and delete filespace, and a few client sessions).
>
> I expect to see a process start message within a couple of minutes,
> even
> though it may be some time later before it gets to shift data from
> tape to
> tape (think time).
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot, Sheelagh
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