On Jan 24, 2007, at 5:42 PM, Avy Wong wrote:
I am constantly running out of scratch volumes. Everyday many
times I
have to reclaim space back manually by looking through what is less
than
20%
using this ...QUERY VOLUME stg=3584tapepool status=filling
then I do a move data on those volumes. This is tedious. ...
...and unproductive, if those volumes are not redundant Filling
volumes for the same collocated node (the Tape Leak Problem).
Ideally, you want to reclaim only Full tapes.
Beyond that, if there are no obsolete filespaces or nodes which can
be disposed of, then you may need to acquire new tapes to satisfy
increasing demand. Check your Devclass relative to the tape
technology you are using, to assure that the settings get as much as
possible onto each tape. And assure that expiration is running to
completion and that dbbackup tapes are recycling and that no tapes
have "fallen through the cracks" (Unavailable, etc.).
Richard Sims
