As to your questions about contention between reclamation/expiration and
restores.  Yes, TSM can handle all of this without trouble.  However, you
should probably schedule expiration to occur rather than letting it happen
randomly.  Do this by setting expinterval 0 in your dsmserv.opt file.  Then
set up a schedule to run after your daily database backup to issue an expire
inventory command.  Then you know when this is happening.  Reclamation
should be run after expiration.

Restores will preempt reclamation as necessary.

Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs, CO 80949
lipp AT storsol DOT com or kelly.lipp AT storserver DOT com
www.storsol.com or www.storserver.com
(719)531-5926
Fax: (240)539-7175