ADSM-L

Re: AS/400 disables compression on Hardware

1999-12-22 05:32:19
Subject: Re: AS/400 disables compression on Hardware
From: Frederic Landreville <landrefl AT YAHOO DOT COM>
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 11:32:19 +0100
Use Version 3.1.2 of ADSM/400 and define your 3590 with a ESTCAP of 30G and
FORMAT=DRIVE...

Run a client backup, migrate your data to tape and when the EOT is reached,
the ESTCAP value is re-ajusted to the real Capacity and marks the tape as
FULL.

It is important to note my tests were with Client Compression turnned off...


adsm> q vol 002054 f=d

                   VOLUME NAME: 002054
             STORAGE POOL NAME: TAPETEST
             DEVICE CLASS NAME: ADSM3590X
       ESTIMATED CAPACITY (MB): 12,457.4
                      PCT UTIL: 100.0
                 VOLUME STATUS: FULL
                        ACCESS: READ/WRITE
        PCT. RECLAIMABLE SPACE: 0.0
               SCRATCH VOLUME?: YES
               IN ERROR STATE?: NO
      NUMBER OF WRITABLE SIDES: 1
       NUMBER OF TIMES MOUNTED: 3
             WRITE PASS NUMBER: 1
     APPROX. DATE LAST WRITTEN: 01/06/2000 11:13:42
        APPROX. DATE LAST READ: 01/05/2000 15:16:35
           DATE BECAME PENDING:
        NUMBER OF WRITE ERRORS: 0
         NUMBER OF READ ERRORS: 0
               VOLUME LOCATION:
LAST UPDATE BY (ADMINISTRATOR):
         LAST UPDATE DATE/TIME: 01/05/2000 15:16:33


adsm> q vol

VOLUME NAME               STORAGE      DEVICE      ESTIMATED    PCT   VOLUME
                          POOL NAME    CLASS NAME   CAPACITY   UTIL   STATUS
                                                        (MB)
------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------  -----  -------
-
-
/DATA/ADSMDATA.001        DISKPOOL     DISK          2,047.0   28.5  ON-LINE
/DATA/ADSMDATA.001        DISKPOOL     DISK          2,047.0   28.5  ON-LINE
/DATA/ADSMDATA.002        DISKPOOL     DISK          2,047.0   33.4  ON-LINE
002054                    TAPETEST     ADSM3590X    12,457.4  100.0    FULL
002056                    TAPETEST     ADSM3590X    30,720.0    0.0  FILLING

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