The copypool is on LTO3 tapes. They are not database backups just incremental server backups
Thanks & Regards Paul > -----Original Message----- > > It would be helpful to know what kind of the tape technology you're using > since the > reclamation threshold % is usually based off which technology is being used. > Smaller tapes can usually have a small threshold while larger tapes requires a > larger threshold. > > One way to reduce the amount of tapes is simply to reduce the threshold to > something like 30 and let the reclaim process run until it's complete. This > will require > enough free tape drives to a) let reclamation run until it's complete b) do > normal > operations. > > There can be several reasons why you get so high pct reclaim. One is that > you're > running full database or application backups. Since this will expire a full > backup > every day, it will cause the reclaim on your tapes to rise. Splitting your > copypool into > separate ones categorized on the type of data stored (one for fileservers, > one for > application servers for example) is one way to go, using collocation is > another. > > Best Regards > > Daniel Sparrman > > -----"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> skrev: ----- > > > I currently have a lot of copypool storage tapes which are between 50 - 60% > utilization. Expiration runs daily and I run reclaimation daily on this > copypool, set to > 50. > > Is there anything I can do to try and consolidate the data onto fewer copypool > tapes? > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Paul > > > > Paul Dudley > > Senior IT Systems Administrator > > ANL Container Line Pty Limited > > Email: <mailto:pdud...@anl.com.au> pdud...@anl.com.au > > > > > > > > > ANL DISCLAIMER > > This e-mail and any file attached is confidential, and intended solely to the > named > addressees. Any unauthorised dissemination or use is strictly prohibited. If > you > received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return > e-mail > from your system. Please do not copy, use or make reference to it for any > purpose, > or disclose its contents to any person. ANL DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any file attached is confidential, and intended solely to the named addressees. Any unauthorised dissemination or use is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail from your system. Please do not copy, use or make reference to it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any person.
