Hi,
I have the following alias in my .profile to provide scratch tape numbers. It's
pretty simple (but it avoids the select commands that sometimes use lots of
resources on my system).
alias scratch="dsmadmc -id=qid -password=qpass q libv |grep Scratch |wc -l"
Regards,
Ben
> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 16:51:18 +0100
> From: "Warren, Matthew James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Several tapes with zero capacity and zero utilization
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Hello David,
>
>
> I use,
>
> select count(*) from libvolumes where status='Scratch'
>
>
> Matthew.
>
>
> >Do you know of an _easy_ way to tell just how many scratch
> >tapes we have?
> >
> >We are using select statements using the info in the volumes table. The
> >problem is the tapes only show in stgpool_name as either copypool or
> >tapepool. I run a select statement to get the number of
> >copypool tapes then
> >another to get the number of tapepool tapes. Then I have to add then
> >together and subtract that from the number of tapes we put in
> >the library to
> >begin with.
> >
> >It's a convoluted process but that's the best I can come up
> >right now. I
> >can't find a direct way to tell me the number of scratch tapes I have.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Richard Sims [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 10:44 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Several tapes with zero capacity and zero utilization
> >
> >
> >>When I get several tapes with a PCT_RECLAIM above 70-80%
> >>I run the reclamation process.
> >
> >David - Another approach to scratch pool management is to wait until
> > the number of scratches reaches a comfortable minimum, and
> >only then start reclamation. I prefer to let attrition empty tapes
> >as much as possible, rather than subject tapes to wear in copying
> >remaining contents sooner than necessary - considering also that
> >that remainder may expire soon anyway, making that much copying
> >wasteful.
> >
> >>How can I have a tapes with 0 capacity and 0 utilization?
> >
> >What your display doesn't tell you is the state of the tapes.
> >Particularly for a copy storage pool, REUsedelay should be in effect,
> >and the volumes would thus be Pending.
> >
> > Richard Sims, BU
> >
