At 12:12 PM 2/13/2015, Zoltan Forray wrote:
>Well, last night became a disaster.  Backups failing all over because it
>couldn't allocate any more files and also would not automatically shift to
>use the "nextpool" which is defined as a tape pool.

Alas, TSM doesn't automatically "roll over" when the ingest pool in FILE.  I 
really wish that it did.  Here's the relevant documentation for NEXTSTG for 
FILE stgpools:

>   When there is insufficient space available in the current storage   pool, 
> the NEXTSTGPOOL parameter for sequential access storage pools   does not 
> allow data to be stored into the next pool. In this case,   the server issues 
> a message and the transaction fails.

..Paul


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