Offsite reclamation makes a lot of sense, for the same reasons that you reclaim primary pools - to reduce slack, save on tape usage. Remember that offsite tapes are *copy* storage pools, the tapes don't need to be onsite because the TSM database knows exactly where each price of data is and it has a copy onsite. This is all it needs to move data around. So for example, if you reclaim 10 offsite tapes to 1 (90% threshold), then TSM will copy those 10 tapes to 1 new tape using the data onsite and update the database to correctly indicate where the data is.
Miles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Miles Purdy System Manager Farm Income Programs Directorate Winnipeg, MB, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph: (204) 984-1602 fax: (204) 983-7557 "If you hold a UNIX shell up to your ear, can you hear the C?" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 19-Nov-01 1:14:09 PM >>> What is the benefit of using reclamation on the offsite copy tape pool? How is this possible if the tapes are offsite? Expiration makes sense, but reclamation? Marc Levitan Storage Manager PFPC Global Fund Services
