I know 8.1.4.0 has a defrag option, that moves the content to existing containers that have space instead of moving the container as a whole, that might be a solution. I do think it's new for 8.1.4.0 and I don't think there is a way to get rid of them before that release.
On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 5:52 PM, Remco Post <r.p...@plcs.nl> wrote: > I don’t know, nor do I care one bit. What I care about are those empty > containers that I can’t get rid of. > > > On 21 Feb 2018, at 16:39, Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM < > eric-van.l...@klm.com> wrote: > > > > Hi Remco, > > Could it be that your SQL Server admins are compressing the data which > is send to the TSM server? If I'm correct you can turn on compression on > the SQL server itself as well as on the TDP/API client. > > Kind regards, > > Eric van Loon > > Air France/KLM Storage Engineering > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf > Of Remco Post > > Sent: woensdag 21 februari 2018 16:23 > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: Re: empty containers? > > > > we’re getting about 0% dedup savings (3 * full, plus diffful, plus log > backups) and about maybe 20% compression savings. > > > >> On 21 Feb 2018, at 16:03, PAC Brion Arnaud <arnaud.br...@panalpina.com> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Remco, > >> > >> No direct answer to your question, but your statement " dedup on SQL is > non-existant" is kind of astonishing me ... > >> > >> Here an extract of the output for "q stg DIR_SQL f=d" on my server (you > guessed it, this stgpool is dedicated to SQL backups ...) : > >> > >> Deduplication Savings: 34,513 G (60.21%) > >> Compression Savings: 17,517 G (76.81%) > >> Total Space Saved: 52,030 G (90.77%) > >> > >> Altogether 90,7 % data reduction ! > >> > >> I would be curious to hear what our TSM fellows in this list are > achieving ... > >> > >> Cheers. > >> > >> Arnaud > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf > Of Remco Post > >> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2018 3:06 PM > >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > >> Subject: empty containers? > >> > >> Hi All, > >> > >> today I ran into something new: an empty directory container. No, not > an empty directory, and empty container. We’re moving SQL backups from > directories to traditional tape, dedup on SQL is non-existant, so tape is > cheaper, and after the expiration period the container pool should be > empty. Well this being the real world and all, of course I have a few > containers left. Move container bla bla to reduce disk usage. All nice, > exceprt for some containers that are now empty, thus can’t be moved… How do > I get rid of those? TSM server level 8.1.1.100 > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, > >> > >> Remco Post > >> r.p...@plcs.nl > >> +31 6 248 21 622 > > > > -- > > > > Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, > > > > Remco Post > > r.p...@plcs.nl > > +31 6 248 21 622 > > ******************************************************** > > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain > confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If > you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or > any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other > action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may > be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the > sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. > > > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or > its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete > transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any > delay in receipt. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch > Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered > number 33014286 > > ******************************************************** > > -- > > Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind Regards, > > Remco Post > r.p...@plcs.nl > +31 6 248 21 622 >
