TSM server 5.5.2.1 on AIX 5.3 - watch this: ======
tsm: SM>q pr Process Process Description Status Number -------- -------------------- ------------------------------------------------- 791 Space Reclamation Volume GU0405 (storage pool L32POOL), Moved Files: 1482, Moved Bytes: 5,144,170,486, Unreadable Files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. Current Physical File (bytes): 25,750,124 Current input volume: GU0405. Current output volume: GU0049. tsm: SM>q vol GU0405 f=d Volume Name: GU0405 Storage Pool Name: L32POOL Device Class Name: LTO3_2 Estimated Capacity: 574.0 G <============== Scaled Capacity Applied: Pct Util: 9.0 <============== Volume Status: Full Access: Read/Write Pct. Reclaimable Space: 100.0 <============== Scratch Volume?: No In Error State?: No Number of Writable Sides: 1 Number of Times Mounted: 13 Write Pass Number: 1 Approx. Date Last Written: 05/28/09 11:49:18 Approx. Date Last Read: 10/07/09 11:53:03 Date Became Pending: Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 Volume Location: Volume is MVS Lanfree Capable : No Last Update by (administrator): MOELLER Last Update Date/Time: 05/18/09 11:52:47 Begin Reclaim Period: End Reclaim Period: Drive Encryption Key Manager: None tsm: SM>q cont GU0405 > 0.GU0405 Output of command redirected to file '0.GU0405' [[ listing 27837 backup objects from a single MAC client ]] ====== The reclamation process ended successfully quite some time later, having moved >27k files, >55 GB. Not exactly what I had in mind when I set the storagepool's reclamation threshold to 99 (instead of 100) ... -- W. J. Moeller, GWDG Goettingen, Germany