I totally agree on this.  At one time, we had such a time with offsite
reclamation, we would set it to 99, then have a script run checking for
reclamation processes, and bump the number down by 1 if there were none.  A
hack, to be sure, but we eventually caught up.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:31 AM, David E Ehresman
<deehre01 AT louisville DOT edu>wrote:

> What level are you setting for reclamation.  I have found that in a
> catch-up situation, it is best to set the reclamation level high (e.g. 99 or
> 98) and get the easy (almost empty) tapes first, and then step the value
> down over time until you get caught up to a level you want to be at.  This
> was with collocation on for both primary and copy pools so your experiences
> may be different.  But TSM spends time at the beginning of reclamation
> figuring out which tapes and the best way to process them ( I believe it
> tries to minimize tape mounts) so starting high makes that part of the
> process go faster.
>
> David
>
> >>> "Moyer, Joni M" <joni.moyer AT HIGHMARK DOT COM> 1/27/2010 8:53 AM >>>
> Hello everyone,
>
> For several years I had not been able to run reclamation on one of my tsm
> servers due to the lack of physical tape drives to accomplish the task.  I
> am in the process of trying to get caught up, but it seems that I just never
> do.  Most of my issue is with the copy storage pool volumes which are very
> under-utilized.   It seems like reclamation, even if I start multiple
> reclamation threads, is taking quite a long time.
>
> Is there some other way for me to get the data onto new media without doing
> reclamation?  Can I do a move data from 1 copy storage pool volume to the
> another volume within the same copy storage pool?  I know that this would
> mean bringing the tapes back from the vault, but it is just not progressing
> as I would like with the reclamation processes.
>
> Any suggestions are greatly appreciated as I would like to get this back
> under control.
>
> Thank you in advance!
>
> Joni Moyer
> Storage Administrator III
> (717)302-9966
> joni.moyer AT highmark DOT com
>
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