-Nazir- Space on a sequential volume becomes reclaimable as files expire or are deleted from the volume. For example, files become obsolete because of aging or limits on the number of versions of a file. In reclamation processing, the server rewrites files on the volume being reclaimed to other volumes in the storage pool, making the reclaimed volume available for reuse.
The server reclaims the space in storage pools based on a reclamation threshold that you can set for each sequential access storage pool. When the percentage of space that can be reclaimed on a volume rises above the reclamation threshold, the server reclaims the volume. This should be done on your TAPESTGPOOLS==> update stgpool TAPEPOOL RECLaim=50 NOTE: It is recommended that you specify a value of 50% or greater for this parameter so that files stored on two volumes can be combined onto a single output volume. You can obtain more information about RECLAMATION in the Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows: Administrator's Guide Chapter 8. Managing Stgpools and Volumes! http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/SMNTN/GC35-04 10-01/en_US/HTML/index.html Thanks, Demetrius Malbrough UNIX/TSM Administrator -----Original Message----- From: Nazir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 12:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tapes and recycle I have been working with TSM to make backups of my servers. The TSM server is in Windows NT. It works with tapes too. The TSM makes backups and keep it in hard disk, after this sends the data to tapes. TSM uses the tape to write the backup and after this needs more tapes. But the old data stays at the first tape. What Can I do to reuse or recyucle the tapes? I don4t want to lose any data from my backups.
