The short answer is probably yes. TSM does some checking of files that span tapes in the reclamation criteria to prevent an endless chain of reclamation.
Paul D. Seay, Jr. Technical Specialist Naptheon Inc. 757-688-8180 -----Original Message----- From: John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Many, almost empty volumes ?? Hi TSM'rs I am sure someone has had this before.. TSM Server 4.2 (Windows 2000) connected to a SAN based 18 slot LTO 3583. The total amount of storage is around 60GB which means there should never really be more that two, or at worst three tapes in the offsite pool. I have five. These are data tapes, not DBBackup tapes. Even after doing reclamation of the offsite pool the three tapes in question remain offsite and remain at 0.5, 2.1, 0.6 percent used. Is this normal. I was under the impression that reclamation is supposed to avoid this. Would appreciate any thoughts on this Rgds John
