Re: Q VOL Shows tapes FULL at less than 100% utilized

> All,
> I am experiencing a problem when queering the volume, please see below:
Using TS
> M ver 4 release 2 level 1.7 on NT4 SP6
>
> Volume Name               Storage      Device      Estimated    Pct   Volume
>                           Pool Name    Class Name   Capacity   Util   Status
>                                                         (MB)
> ------------------------  -----------  ----------  ---------  -----
--------
> 000001L1                  TAPE         LTO         102,110.9   49.6    Full
> 000001L1                  TAPE         LTO         102,110.9   49.6    Full
> 000002L1                  TAPECOLL     LTO         200,000.0    9.6  Filling
> 000003L1                  TAPECOLL     LTO         101,700.5  100.0    Full
> 000005L1                  TAPE         LTO         102,780.8   29.8    Full
> 000006L1                  TAPE         LTO         101,664.4   29.7    Full
> 000007L1                  TAPECOLL     LTO         200,300.2   95.1    Full
> 000008L1                  TAPECOLL     LTO         223,004.3   71.5  Filling
> 000011L1                  TAPEARCH     LTO         200,000.0   15.2  Filling
> 000012L1                  TAPE-S2S     LTO         200,000.0    0.0  Filling
> 000013L1                  TAPE         LTO         101,488.8    7.0    Full
> 000014L1                  TAPE         LTO         101,138.1   71.5    Full
> 000015L1                  TAPE         LTO         101,492.5   59.8    Full
> 000016L1                  TAPE         LTO         101,793.8   74.2    Full
> 000017L1                  TAPE         LTO         101,622.4   33.1    Full
>
> One problem is that the tapes are showing full at a capacity of 100Gb and
pct ut
> il is all over the place. There has been no change to compression settings.
This
>  has only just started to happen.

The query results above are perfectly normal. A tape goes into filling
status when TSM starts writing on it. It remains in filling status as
additional files are appended, and switches to full status when a write
hits the end of the tape. The tape then remains in full status with a
declining percentage utilization as inventory expiration deletes files
that are on the tape. The tape remains in full status until the last file
is removed by one means or another. Reclamation is the most common, but
inventory expiration and 'move data' commands can also do this.

> I have tried to reclaim the stgpool but when I update the stg pool
reclamation v
> alue that would envoke reclamation but nothing happens. q pro - no processes
are
>  active, q mount - nothing is mounted.
>
> If anyone has any ideas they would be much appreciated as I am having to
throw t
> apes into our library daily.

Does the LTO device class have a mountlimit of two or more?