It has also been discussed several times that TSM doesn't appear to be a good fit for a VTL. May want to search the archives to find out more on the subject.
Bill Boyer "Life is not about how fast you run, or how high you climb but how well you bounce." - ?? -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 1:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: size of active vs. inactive? ==> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Given a tape library and multiple different policies for data storage, is > there a simple (resource non-intensive) way to tell how much storage (the > size of) active files and how much storage is used for inactive files? It is > being discussed to get a VTL and I'm thinking this should be sized 2*active > storage. I think the only way you'll be able to do this is via a rather long-running select. You might get some value out of doing your select one node at a time, that will decrease the database blockages inferred by the query... - Allen S. Rout
