FILE allows deduplication; DISK doesn't. My impression after some experimenting is that FILE wasn't meant to replace DISK; it was solely meant to replace tape device classes. We didn't need to, so those experiments quietly ended.
On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 12:30 PM, Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> wrote: > WOW - I didn't realize that. Thanks for pointing that out. > > Won't automatically go to nextstgpool, didn't automatically reclaim? So, > what is the advantage/benefit of DEVCLASS=FILE? Sounds like time to go > back to DEVCLASS=DISK > > On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Paul Zarnowski <p...@cornell.edu> wrote: > > > At 12:12 PM 2/13/2015, Zoltan Forray wrote: > > >Well, last night became a disaster. Backups failing all over because it > > >couldn't allocate any more files and also would not automatically shift > to > > >use the "nextpool" which is defined as a tape pool. > > > > Alas, TSM doesn't automatically "roll over" when the ingest pool in FILE. > > I really wish that it did. Here's the relevant documentation for NEXTSTG > > for FILE stgpools: > > > > > When there is insufficient space available in the current storage > > pool, the NEXTSTGPOOL parameter for sequential access storage pools > does > > not allow data to be stored into the next pool. In this case, the > server > > issues a message and the transaction fails. > > > > ..Paul > > > > > > -- > > Paul Zarnowski Ph: 607-255-4757 > > Assistant Director for Storage Services Fx: 607-255-8521 > > IT at Cornell / Infrastructure Em: p...@cornell.edu > > 719 Rhodes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-3801 > > > > > > -- > *Zoltan Forray* > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > BigBro / Hobbit / Xymon Administrator > Virginia Commonwealth University > UCC/Office of Technology Services > zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html >