I am by no means an expert in TSM. I did manage mainframe HSM
environments for many years (and still do, although it doesn't need
much tending to). And I dabbled with TSM for a few months. But from
what I know, yes, I think you are right about reclaim (it is called
recycle on the mainframe). It mov
Hi Judy,
Thank you for the article, it's very useful & clear to me.
Best Regards,
Adrian
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IBM does tape recycling, and has for decades, first on the mainframe,
and TSM is heavily based on the same concepts as HSM on the mainframe.
They even called it "recycle" F DFHSM,RECYCLE ALL P(30) EX
It means you can mix up your retentions on a single piece of tape
media, but it also means you
https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/blogs/understanding-how-netbackup-writes-tape
I did a small write up on how NB writes to tapes and how expiring images on a
tape works.
This may give you a better understanding.
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Adrian
I dont think this is the behaviour. From my view, until all images are
deleted or expired, the tape is then free for Backups.
Simon
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Se
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 08:28:07AM -0400, Martin, Jonathan wrote:
> You cannot expire individual images on a media and re-use that space.
> Once a certain image has been written, NetBackup will not overwrite that
> position on the media until the entire tape has expired.
Right. And it's not just
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 4:36 AM, Adrian Soetanto <
adrian.soeta...@bentoel.co.id> wrote:
>
> What I want is to delete only certain backup IDs in a media ID and free
> up some space in that media ID.
> I've tried to use this command:
> /usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpexpdate -backupid backup_id
You cannot expire individual images on a media and re-use that space.
Once a certain image has been written, NetBackup will not overwrite that
position on the media until the entire tape has expired.
-Jonathan
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