We agree, I was just trying to make a distinction between TSM's two usages for the term "expire". First when objects become inactive, which the client refers to as expiring: 07/13/2009 22:16:38 Expiring--> 310 \\rrmamprobe1\d$\Mercury\MAM-V6.6\MAMDiscoveryProbe\root\lib\longpathnam ehere\1.state [Sent]
and second when they actually expire from the TSM DB...which allows space to be freed on tape or disk or Virtual Tape, or optical media. It would be less confusing if the Client use the term "Inactivating" instead of expiring, but I am sure there is a perfectly logical reason why not. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Buddy Howeth Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:58 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Full tapes with low percent utilization The difference is ACTIVE vs INACTIVE, then EXPIRE Buddy Howeth Computer Operations Specialist Information Systems Pacific Coast Producers Corporate Offices 631 N. Cluff Ave Lodi, CA 95240-0756 (209) 367-8800 - Main# (209) 367-6288 - Computer Room (209) 366-6240 - Alpha Pager "Huebschman, George J." <gjhuebsch...@lmus.leggmason.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 07/23/2009 07:47 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Full tapes with low percent utilization I am not sure that is quite right. When a newer version of an object is backed up, the Client does "EXPIRE" the object, but the object only "EXPIRES" from the TSM SERVER db according to the retention policy (copy_group) bound to that object. The data does not expire from the tape until it expires from the DB. Or am I lost. George Huebschman -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Buddy Howeth Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 10:38 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Full tapes with low percent utilization RECLAIM STGPOOL LTOPOOL1 THRESHOLD=60 This will reclaim all tapes that have 60% or more reclaimable space. Reclaimable space occurs when you existing objects that were backed up are saved again. The preivous backup of that object is expired and that part of the tape is reclaimable. Tapes are reclaimed by creating new ones without the expired objects. But this is a ongoing thing so you should be running reclamation everyday after migration. You will also need to run reclamation against your tapepools that are in the library and against the tapepools stored offsite. Buddy Howeth Computer Operations Specialist Information Systems Pacific Coast Producers Corporate Offices 631 N. Cluff Ave Lodi, CA 95240-0756 (209) 367-8800 - Main# (209) 367-6288 - Computer Room (209) 366-6240 - Alpha Pager Mario Behring <mariobehr...@yahoo.com> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> 07/23/2009 07:24 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> To ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU cc Subject [ADSM-L] Full tapes with low percent utilization Hi list, I have several tapes on an IBM ULT-3580 library that show very low percent utilization (see output below) but a FULL status....why does that happens and how can I fix this? Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- PRI126L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,994.0 96.3 Full PRI154L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 200,903.4 51.1 Full PRI159 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,804.7 67.3 Full PRI163L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,364.6 34.5 Full PRI180L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,747.9 75.3 Full PRI181L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 7.2 Filling PRI195L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,756.5 48.4 Full PRI201L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 22.3 Filling PRI231L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 199,055.3 89.0 Full PRI232L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 199,836.6 24.0 Full PRI235L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 199,666.6 90.3 Full PRI239L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 200,540.6 66.3 Full PRI240L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,894.0 8.0 Full PRI242L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 3.5 Filling PRI247L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 409,600.0 2.8 Filling PRI258L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,798.0 11.1 Full PRI265L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,189.0 74.7 Full PRI269L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,121.1 29.2 Full PRI274L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,076.6 37.8 Full PRI275L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,155.3 45.1 Full PRI280L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,808.0 63.5 Full PRI281L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,134.7 1.3 Full PRI282L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,870.9 46.5 Full PRI283L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,743.3 43.9 Full PRI286L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 202,075.0 92.0 Full PRI288L2 LTOPOOL1 LTOCLASS1 201,944.3 96.3 Full Thanks Mario ________________________________________________________________________ _____ Scanned by IBM Email Security Management Services powered by MessageLabs. 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