If a tape is EMPTY, but the access is OFFSITE, TSM won't delete the tape until the access if change to READWRITE, or the MOVE DRMEDIA to bring the tape back onsite. Until then, the tape will remain EMPTY and won't go scratch.
Bill Boyer DSS, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Moore Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 9:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Space reclamation runs, but tapes don't free up Yes.. I now have approximately 200 tapes in this status, and so far the only fix is to audit each volume. IBM/Tivoli is looking into how they are getting in this state. I am waiting on some trace parms from them. Michael Moore VF Services Inc. 121 Smith Street Greensboro, NC 27420-1488 Voice: 336-332-4423 Fax: 336-332-4544 John Naylor <john.naylor@SCOTTISH-SOUT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] HERN.CO.UK> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Subject: Re: Space reclamation runs, but tapes don't free up Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/02/02 08:53 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Michael, Why has your tape got a status of filling ? That would be a reason why it would not return to scratch Are all your problem tapes like that? Michael Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/02/2002 01:34:26 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSE) Subject: Re: Space reclamation runs, but tapes don't free up We are having a similar problem with our server (v4.2.2.12, on OS/390 v2.10). Here is my problem: The reclaim runs, and ends, but the tapes are not being updated as empty. If I run an audit of the tape volume, it will then go to empty, and be deleted during our next MOVEDRMEDIA command. Here is an expamle of one tape that we ran the audit on: Before Audit query: Volume Name: 321343 Storage Pool Name: DEV_TAPEOS Device Class Name: 3590_OFFSITE_COPY Estimated Capacity (MB): 9,216.0 Pct Util: 0.0 Volume Status: Filling Access: Offsite Pct. Reclaimable Space: 100.0 Scratch Volume?: Yes In Error State?: No Number of Writable Sides: 1 Number of Times Mounted: 2 Write Pass Number: 1 Approx. Date Last Written: 08/01/2002 01:20:28 Approx. Date Last Read: 08/01/2002 00:31:52 Date Became Pending: Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 Volume Location: TSM390 ast Update by (administrator): MOOREH Last Update Date/Time: 08/01/2002 01:34:34 After Audit query: Volume Name: 321343 Storage Pool Name: DEV_TAPEOS Device Class Name: 3590_OFFSITE_COPY Estimated Capacity (MB): 0.0 Pct Util: 0.0 Volume Status: Empty Access: Offsite Pct. Reclaimable Space: 0.0 Scratch Volume?: Yes In Error State?: No Number of Writable Sides: 1 Number of Times Mounted: 2 Write Pass Number: 1 Approx. Date Last Written: 08/01/2002 01:20:28 Approx. Date Last Read: 08/01/2002 00:31:52 Date Became Pending: Number of Write Errors: 0 Number of Read Errors: 0 Volume Location: TSM390 Last Update by (administrator): MOOREH Last Update Date/Time: 09/27/2002 09:49:11 I do have an ETR open with IBM on this issue. Michael Moore VF Services Inc. 121 Smith Street Greensboro, NC 27420-1488 Voice: 336-332-4423 Fax: 336-332-4544 "Brazner, Bob" <Bob.Brazner@JCI. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] COM> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Subject: Space reclamation runs, but tapes don't free up Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU> 10/01/02 08:13 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" System is TSM 4.1.2.0 on AIX 4.3.3. I run reclamation daily on my tape backup copy pool, but the backlog of unreclaimed tapes continues to grow (as determined by SQL select looking for volumes in the pool that meet my reclamation threshold - 60%). The space reclamation process mounts a number of tapes, and a good number of bytes get moved, but the count continues to grow. My onsite tape backup pool does not suffer from this problem. I'm not seeing the number of ANR1341I messages (Scratch volume <volume name> has been deleted from storage pool <storage pool name>) that I would expect. Nor, am I seeing the expected number of ANR1342I messages (Scratch volume <volume name> is now pending - volume will be deleted from storage pool <storage pool name> after the reuse delay period for this storage pool has elapsed). I should be seeing one or both messages for each offsite volume reclaimed, right? Because my offsite tapes are not getting reclaimed in a timely fashion, I'm faced with a lack of scratch tapes every day. Any ideas anyone? Bob Brazner Johnson Controls, Inc. (414) 524-2570 ********************************************************************** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. 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