ADSM-L

Re: Volumes with pct_reclaim = 99.9 do not get reclaimed.

1999-06-24 15:12:58
Subject: Re: Volumes with pct_reclaim = 99.9 do not get reclaimed.
From: Ari Plaut <ari AT TKG DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 1999 15:12:58 -0400
After you deleted the volumes, did the next backup stg command recognize
that these files had been removed from the offsite stgpool and copy them
again, or were the offsite copies of these files lost?


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Bo Ossinger
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 1999 4:22 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Volumes with pct_reclaim = 99.9 do not get reclaimed.
>
>
> We had this problem when we were having periodic write problems with our
> 3570 drives.  The reclamation process would pick up all but one or two bad
> files.  Only answer was to delete the volume (discarddata=yes).
>
>
> At 02:51 PM 6/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
> >I have a number of offsite copypool volumes that are 99.9%
> reclaimable (the
> >reclaimation threshhold is 80), yet when reclaimation runs,
> these volumes do
> >not get recalimed.  We had been seeing a problem where
> reclaimation had been
> >hanging, and I believe that these volumes may have been a side
> effect.  We
> >upgraded the ADSM Server to 3.1.2.20 and reclaimation has been
> been hanging
> >anymore, but these tapes still do not get reclaimed.
> >
> >Has anyone seen this problem?  Is there a fix program or ADSM
> command that
> >needs to be executed?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Ari Plaut
> >
> >
>
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