On May 15, 2008, at 3:10 PM, David Hensley wrote:
I am running TSM server 5.5 on a Windows 2003 server. I want any data residing in my copy pools (Onsite and Offsite) over 42 days old to expire. The volumes that expire their data should show up as EMPTY. Below is a copy of a script that runs on the server daily. I am still not receiving any EMPTY. Tapes. Can anyone help me?
It is unlikely that tapes will go empty on their own, due to the persistence of Active files representing unchanging files on clients. You should principally experience tapes returning to Scratch by virtue of reclamation, rather than retention policies. Note also that you impose a time limit on expirations, which could result in a growing backlog of expired data, depending upon your system size. Richard Sims
