Currently, I have done the following:
Allowed expiration to complete fully.
Started reclamation again.
It is running now but very slowly
In the last 4+ hours, moved 55K files and 1.45G of data (from q
proc)
or if I do a
"query volume * access=readw,reado status=full,filling
stgpool=copypool"
it says my LTO is 17% full.
The machine does nothing but TSM, and is not under a load from I/O,
networking,
virtual memory, storage, or processor as far as I can tell.
In any case it isn't filling quickly at all.
Suggestions?
PS... Thanks for all the comments & suggestions sofar! ... Jack
-----Original Message-----
From: Roger Deschner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 12:02 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Reclamation is not happening - HELP!
This happened to me once. After pulling what remains of my hair out, I
tried simply restarting the server. That fixed it.
Also remember that the server checks the list of volumes to see if they
can be reclaimed only about once an hour. (It's costly to calculate.) So
any changes you make to the threshold level might not cause reclamation
to start until as much as an hour later.
Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 18 May 2002, Zlatko Krastev wrote:
>AFAIK during backup files are not 'marked' at all. They are just stored
>and during reclamation each file is compared to rules defined in its
>mgmtclass copygroup. That why reclamation takes so long.
>If you backup a file and according to *current* rules a version should
>expire, later update copygroup to retain more versions (or for longer
>period) and just afterward run expiration - the file should not be
>expired. If it is marked during backup/archive it would expire which would
>be against ADSM/TSM ideology and should be treated as bug.
>
>Jack, sometimes it helps to change reclamation/migration threshold to 100
>and minute or two later to lower it. I've digged deeper to analyse why.
>
>Zlatko Krastev
>IT Consultant
>
>
>
>
>Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>cc:
>
>Subject: Re: Reclamation is not happening - HELP!
>
>Jack,
> As TSM ages backup and archive data, the files only get 'marked' for
>deletion. You must run an EXPIRE INVENTORY command to actually flip the
>switch from 'marked' for deletion to deleted. Then your storage pool
>reclamation should work.
>
> That is, unless I am missing something too!!! 8-)
>
>John G. Talafous IS Technical Principal
>The Timken Company Global Software Support
>P.O. Box 6927 Data Management
>1835 Dueber Ave. S.W. Phone: (330)-471-3390
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Coats, Jack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 1:50 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Reclamation is not happening - HELP!
>
>
>My tape use is going up, but nothing is being reclaimed from my copy pool.
>I must have done something wrong, but where do I go to look for whatever
>is
>wrong first?
>What am I missing?
>
>I can find nothing in the activity log, and even when I do a
>
> update stg copypool rec=5
>
>and it should recover a lot, nothing happens. Sometimes the process
>starts
>up, but will sit for hours and nothing gets reclaimed.
>
>Running TSM 4.1.5 on NT, with 3583 library and LTO drives.
>It has been working, but stopped earlier this week.
>
>... TIA ... Jack
>
