It is a command that runs until it reclaims 4 tapes, then it stops.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:56 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Hi Andy,

If I set the offsitereclaimlimit to 4 and then I set the
reclaimthreshold to 98% will it continue to reclaim all tapes that are
98%+ empty in increments of 4 volumes until there are no tapes with 98%+
space available to reclaim?

Just want to make sure I understand what these options are
accomplishing.  Thanks again!

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Huebner,Andy,FORT WORTH,IT
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 9:58 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Reclamation for offsite storage pools

Also look at reclaim stg Copy_Pool th=50 OFFSITERECLAIMLimit=4 This will
reclaim 4 volumes and TSM seems to pick the four at or above the 50%
threshold. We have gotten behind a few times and we use this to speed
the reclaim process.  This also reduces the time TSM spends figuring out
what tapes are needed to do the reclaim.
Another option is to create a new copy pool and when the copy is
complete delete the old pool.

Andy Huebner
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Moyer, Joni M
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 7:54 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Reclamation for offsite storage pools

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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