There is usually a delay of a few days to allow undeleted of the tape
volumes.  Best to set an retention period so they expire after so many
days / after n versions are created.

‪On Thu, Aug 22, 2024 at 12:03 AM ‫גדי בן אבי‬‎
<[email protected]> wrote:‬
>
> Hi,
> We use HSM to backup datasets to virtual tape on a TS7770.
>
> We are getting close the TS7770's capacity and want to reduce the capacity 
> used by HSM.
>
> The current strategy is to find backups we no longer want/need, delete the 
> from HSM, and then use RECYCLE command to merge the tapes that are not full.
>
> After we've done that, the used capacity that the TS7770 reports is not 
> reduced.
>
> My theory is that HSM does not release the tapes (and cache space they take 
> up) when they are empty.
>
> Is this correct?
>
> Is there a way to tell HSM to release empty tapes to the general SCRATCH pool?
>
> Gadi
>
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