You could skip the dsmfmt step - I don't think it actually buys you anything.
We've just done define volume (you just need to calculate how much space you have first to determine the # of volumes to define). The disk only backup document states that dsmfmt may buy you less fragmentation but this is not the case (at least on windows, on 5.2.2.4 - discussed on the list). Tim -----Original Message----- From: Steve Bennett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 10:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: DIRMC - Are copypool reclamation performance issues resolved or not. Wanda, I just added a sata disk array in TSM v5.2 so I'll jump in here. If you are using one disk partition in Windows for the device class then you can let TSM define the number of vols it needs up to maxscr or out of disk condition. Each volume name will be unique and assigned by TSM. If you use more than one one disk partition for the device class you need to dsmfmt as many volumes as you need and you must then define those volumes to the storage pool. Only the volume names you specified will be used and reused. Prather, Wanda wrote: > Tim: > > We are looking at using all disk now for our onsite disk pool with our > next capital$ buy. > Something I've never been sure of - > Whenf you use a type=file devclass for backups, > > 1) Do you predefine volumes somehow, or just let TSM create a new one > after the first hits max capacity? > 2) Do reclaims happen by themselves, or do you have to force it somehow? > > Thanks > Wanda > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Rushforth, Tim > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 5:31 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: DIRMC - Are copypool reclamation performance issues > resolved or not. > > > It is fixed (somewhere around 5.1.5.2). > > -----Original Message----- > From: Thorneycroft, Doug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:25 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: DIRMC - Are copypool reclamation performance issues resolved or > not. > > OK, after spending a large portion of my day reviewing adsm-l post going > back to > 2000, I'm still not sure. Does anyone know if there is still a > performance problem > running reclamation on a DIRMC random access disk pool? > I came across one post that said it was supposedly fixed, but > recommended using > a file type diskpool to be safe. > -- Steve Bennett, (907) 465-5783 State of Alaska, Enterprise Technology Services, Technical Services Section
