Thanks for the clarification Mark. This is something I had never really
tested and had always wondered about.

Guillaume Gilbert
Systems Specialist
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Stapleton, Mark
Sent: March 21, 2005 13:39 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Spontaneous reclamation


From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Tab Trepagnier
>I think Guillaume might have figured it out.  Let's say we keep five
>versions of a file.  If, during the night, the system picks up a sixth
>version, does the oldest version scroll off immediately?  Or 
>does it wait
>for reclamation?  If immediately, that is almost certainly 
>what happened.
>But what is odd is that I've never noticed that occurrence 
>before despite
>administering the system for the last seven years!

No, the oldest version of the file doesn't just roll off. You have to
run an inventory expiration to delete the pointer to the old file; once
the pointer is deleted, and you meet your reclamation threshhold, the
file indicated by the expired pointer will vanish when the volume it
resides in is reclaimed and reused.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Office 262.521.5627