>Can anyone help?  As I understand it when you introduce a tape in to a tape
>library using the checkin=scratch option this will enable any of the
storage
>pools to use this tape when required.  Once the data on the tape has
expired and
>reclamation has run ie the tape has no valid data on shouldn't it be
returned to
>the library so that it may be used by another storage pool.  This is not
>happening with our config.  We are continually having to add tapes to the
pool.
>We have checked and both reclamation and expiration processing are running.
>When these processes run the utlisation for the storage pool goes down
(seen by
>entering the q stgpool command) however no tapes ever seem to be returned
to a
>scratch status.  We also find that although the utlisation for the our
tapelib
>storage pool does go down migration in to this storage pool fails because
there
>is sufficient storage capacity in the pool and at this point we have to
>introduce more tapes.  Any help will be gratefully received.
>
>Simon Hubbard
>IBM Global Network Messaging Support
>Tel:  Internal 664885.  External 01926 464885
>E-mail:  Internal 9HUBBSJ@IBMGB.  External  simon_hubbard AT hotmail DOT com
>