> All, > I am experiencing a problem when queering the volume, please see below: Using TS > M ver 4 release 2 level 1.7 on NT4 SP6 > > Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume > Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status > (MB) > ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- > 000001L1 TAPE LTO 102,110.9 49.6 Full > 000002L1 TAPECOLL LTO 200,000.0 9.6 Filling > 000003L1 TAPECOLL LTO 101,700.5 100.0 Full > 000005L1 TAPE LTO 102,780.8 29.8 Full > 000006L1 TAPE LTO 101,664.4 29.7 Full > 000007L1 TAPECOLL LTO 200,300.2 95.1 Full > 000008L1 TAPECOLL LTO 223,004.3 71.5 Filling > 000011L1 TAPEARCH LTO 200,000.0 15.2 Filling > 000012L1 TAPE-S2S LTO 200,000.0 0.0 Filling > 000013L1 TAPE LTO 101,488.8 7.0 Full > 000014L1 TAPE LTO 101,138.1 71.5 Full > 000015L1 TAPE LTO 101,492.5 59.8 Full > 000016L1 TAPE LTO 101,793.8 74.2 Full > 000017L1 TAPE LTO 101,622.4 33.1 Full > > One problem is that the tapes are showing full at a capacity of 100Gb and pct ut > il is all over the place. There has been no change to compression settings. This > has only just started to happen.
The query results above are perfectly normal. A tape goes into filling status when TSM starts writing on it. It remains in filling status as additional files are appended, and switches to full status when a write hits the end of the tape. The tape then remains in full status with a declining percentage utilization as inventory expiration deletes files that are on the tape. The tape remains in full status until the last file is removed by one means or another. Reclamation is the most common, but inventory expiration and 'move data' commands can also do this. > I have tried to reclaim the stgpool but when I update the stg pool reclamation v > alue that would envoke reclamation but nothing happens. q pro - no processes are > active, q mount - nothing is mounted. > > If anyone has any ideas they would be much appreciated as I am having to throw t > apes into our library daily. Does the LTO device class have a mountlimit of two or more?
