And they will stay empty until they are checked back into the library or by
having their access changed to readwrite. This is a good thing. If TSM
simply changed offsite tapes from empty to scratch you would lose track of
them since TSM does not track scratch tapes that are not in a library. Try
this yourself. Bring those empty tapes back and update their access. Then
try to find one of those tapes using TSM. Your options are q vol, q
volhist, q libvol. You won't find them.
So, the process is to wait for reusedelay days, bring them back and then
either check them into the library, or simply update their access. I like
the check them in approach better. That way TSM can continue to track them.
I've seen a number of sites recently where the admin was not updating the
access on volumes being removed from the library. This, too, makes it very
difficult to track tapes. When you remove a copy stg volume from the
library and take it offsite, the access should be changed to offsite. The
process has two steps:
checkout libvol
update vol access=offsite
Just FYI.
Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (719) 260-5991
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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Cook, Dwight E
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 8:05 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: TSM tapes
Well, if you look in your listing below you'll see a
> Delay Period for Volume Reuse 5
this indicates that those volumes will remain empty for 5 days before
rolling back scratch...
Dwight
> ----------
> From: Shekhar Dhotre[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 8:56 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: TSM tapes
>
> Hi,
> thanx .
> Now i am having following parameters defined so
> Copy Storage Pools : COPYPOOL
>
> so what do i do of the tapes those are in library , but lists as empty ,
> and
> not scratch.
> if they are not being used then logically they should be listed as a
> scratch,
> if used they should not list as a empty.
> now they are listing as a empty. should i rmove these tapes and again
> checkin ?
>
>
> Storage Pool Name COPYPOOL
> Storage Pool Type COPY
> Device Class Name STK9710
> Estimated Capacity (MB) 4273898.5
> Pct Util 0.8
> Pct Migr -
> Pct Logical 98.5
> High Mig Pct -
> Low Mig Pct -
> Migration Processes -
> Next Storage Pool -
> Maximum Size Threshold -
> Access READWRITE
> Description Copy of tape pool
> Overflow Location -
> Cache Migrated Files? -
> Collocate? YES
> Reclamation Threshold 100
> Maximum Scratch Volumes Allowed 100
> Delay Period for Volume Reuse 5
> Migration in Progress? -
> Amount Migrated (MB) -
> Elapsed Migration Time (seconds) 365
> Reclamation in Progress? No
> Volume Being Migrated/Reclaimed -
> Last Update Date/Time 2000-06-30 15:39:57.000000
> Last Update by (administrator) ADMIN
> Reclaim Storage Pool -
> Migration Delay -
> Migration Continue -
>
