The dsm files are preformatted to the size you specified when they are created. They are typically like raw disk devices. The size reported is the physical size and not the size of the data contained in the dsm file
Regards Adrian Compton -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of goc Sent: 08 August 2007 14:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] mystery ! moving data from non-existing file AIX 5.2 TSM 5.3.4 - moving data from one disk pool file to sam stgp ... file is acc=reado tsm: TSM01>q vol stgp=sdb_arch_dp Volume Name Storage Device Estimated Pct Volume Pool Name Class Name Capacity Util Status ------------------------ ----------- ---------- --------- ----- -------- /tsmfp02/sdb_arch_dp/fi- SDB_ARCH_DP DISK 20,480.0 25.4 On-Line le02.dsm /tsmfp02/sdb_arch_dp/fi- SDB_ARCH_DP DISK 20,480.0 66.3 On-Line le03.dsm /tsmfp02/sdb_arch_dp/fi- SDB_ARCH_DP DISK 20,480.0 50.7 On-Line le04.dsm tsm: TSM01> 962 Move Data Volume /tsmfp02/sdb_arch_dp/file04.dsm (storage pool SDB_ARCH_DP), Target Pool SDB_ARCH_DP, Moved Files: 2, Moved Bytes: 1,207, Unreadable Files: 0, Unreadable Bytes: 0. Current Physical File (bytes): 599,273,472 BUT ! axptsm01:/tsmfp02/sdb_arch_dp 667>ls -lrt total 83886080 -rw------- 1 root sys 21474836480 Aug 08 14:05 file03.dsm -rw------- 1 root sys 21474836480 Aug 08 14:13 file02.dsm axptsm01:/tsmfp02/sdb_arch_dp 668> this total number is the key i bet :-) thanks, goran
