... >Since I increased this resourceutilization parameter, it looks like the >client regularly sends it's backups directly to tapelto1_aix ...
This is a classic situation where the disk pool is undersized relative to demand: it fills (perhaps helped along by stpool caching overhead) and TSM rules have the data go to the next stgpool in the hierarchy. Transaction sizing and client-server size anticipations are also factors. The cure is to have a generous disk storage pool, unless you can identify other contributing factors in your configuration (compression, etc.). Disk is cheap, so go for it. Richard Sims
