Tapes are sequential media. When they reach the end, they are defined as "Full". As data expires, their percent utilization changes, but they stay defined as Full, because no data is going to be written to the spaces occupied by the logically expired data:
Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- PRI281L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,134.7 1.3 Full -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Mario Behring Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:24 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Full tapes with low percent utilization Hi list, I have several tapes on an IBM ULT-3580 library that show very low percent utilization (see output below) but a FULL status....why does that happens and how can I fix this? Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- PRI126L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,994.0 96.3 Full PRI154L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 200,903.4 51.1 Full PRI159 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,804.7 67.3 Full PRI163L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,364.6 34.5 Full PRI180L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,747.9 75.3 Full PRI181L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 7.2 Filling PRI195L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,756.5 48.4 Full PRI201L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 22.3 Filling PRI231L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 199,055.3 89.0 Full PRI232L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 199,836.6 24.0 Full PRI235L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 199,666.6 90.3 Full PRI239L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 200,540.6 66.3 Full PRI240L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,894.0 8.0 Full PRI242L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 3.5 Filling PRI247L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 2.8 Filling PRI258L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,798.0 11.1 Full PRI265L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,189.0 74.7 Full PRI269L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,121.1 29.2 Full PRI274L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,076.6 37.8 Full PRI275L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,155.3 45.1 Full PRI280L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,808.0 63.5 Full PRI281L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,134.7 1.3 Full PRI282L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,870.9 46.5 Full PRI283L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,743.3 43.9 Full PRI286L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,075.0 92.0 Full PRI288L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,944.3 96.3 Full Thanks Mario IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.