How does Copypool reclamation work? I mean, the tapes are offsite, so is all of the reclamation done within the database?
When I start the copypool reclamation with an "upd stg copypool reclaim=50" it tells me what tapes it is going to perform reclamation on. Everything is OK, those tapes are offsite and my tapepool tapes are onsite ( I run a tapepool reclamation separate). I always understood that the process took place in the database and didn't actual need the tapes directly. This morning I noticed an anr1081i. 09/19/2003 09:05:05 ANR1040I Space reclamation started for volume xxxACRLx, storage pool COPYPOOL (process number 745). 09/19/2003 09:08:14 ANR1081W Space reclamation terminated for volume xxxACRLx - storage media inaccessible. Help on anr1081w shows that the tape was unavailable to mount, server waits and retries again, no user response. Do I have to checkin all tapes on the list for every copypool reclamation process everyday? Have I been doing it wrong for the last couple of years? I have read the technical guide and information guide redbooks but neither had much detail on the subject. I did find out one thing that brings up another question, to start reclamation, the technical guide state to use a number between 99 and 50 percent, why cutoff at 50% I have been running at 40% and at times have used 30%? Will the system recognize numbers lower than 50? OK last question on reclamation, is my goal to have the tapes listed with q vol that have a status of full to have as close to 100% utilized as I can get them to take full advantage of my library? I appreciate any help you can give to help me understand reclamation better, even if it is to direct me to another publication that has the details on this subject. I also tried search.adsm.org but could not get to it this morning. System TSM Server 5.1.6.3 with DRM, Win 2K. 3584 Library Thanks, Mark Bertrand
