Yes. I have used this a lot and that is the way it works.  Offsite tapes
do not have to be "FULL" to be reclaimed.

David Longo

>>> John.Luscombe AT CONCORDIA DOT CH 05/29/02 05:11AM >>>
Yes, as far as I  understand it.

TSM knows what files are on each tape offsite. When expiration is run, some
of those datasets become obsolete, so the space on the tape becomes "free".
When you run reclamation on the copy storage pool with a certain % value,
TSM actually uses the primary storage pool carts to re-create a new copy
storage pool tape for sending offsite, so that the ones below the
reclamation threshold can be brought back.

John.

>So you mean that "FILLING" carts can be reclaimed when they are offsite?
>regards,
>Burak



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