One more thing to consider is you can move some tapes out of the library by using "move media" command. Lets say that you had a bunch at a 100% capacity that does require reclamation, you can eject those, and add scratch tapes. (assuming you have some free tapes as well)
move media volnmae stg=pool ovflo=cabinet rem=yes checkl=n You can then check those back in once you free up some space. On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Skylar Thompson <skyl...@u.washington.edu> wrote: > It can also use filling volumes, but it can't use empty space on full > volumes without reclamation. If there are a bunch of almost-empty full > volumes, though, even one scratch tape could free up a bunch more scratch > volumes using MOVE or RECLAIM. > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 04:20:17PM +0000, Leonard, Matthew wrote: >> Actually doing the Move data command doesn't require any scratch tapes at >> all. Have done it a ton of times as we run out of scratch/space all of the >> time. It's a never ending battle here!! >> >> Regards, >> >> Matthew J. Leonard >> Network Infrastructure Administrator >> IT Network Operations >> AtlasAir, Inc. >> matthew.leon...@atlasair.com >> 914-701-8042 >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of >> Skylar Thompson >> Sent: Monday, April 14, 2014 12:03 PM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] reclamation >> >> This depends on having some scratch/filling volumes available, though. >> Based on what Tom said, there is no space at all available in any pool. The >> first step needs to be to get some scratch tapes available, then >> RECLAIM/MOVE can be a viable option. > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine
