Reclaiming types

 

There are three possible types to select: *SYNC, *UPDATE, and *RESET.

Each successive reclaim type described in these topics is more extensive and takes longer to run. The *UPDATE and *RESET reclaim types allow you to optionally reclaim the optical directory index. The type of index problem that you are experiencing determines which reclaim option should be run.

• Synchronizing volume index with internal library index (*SYNC)
  The synchronize option verifies that the entries in the optical index database are also in the internal library index.
• Updating volume index from an optical volume (*UPDATE)
  The update option recreates the optical volume index entries for all volumes in a media library or a specific volume by reading the volume data from the media.
• Resetting internal library index and reclaim volume index (*RESET)
  The reset option performs basically the same processing as the update option, except that the internal library index is reclaimed before the optical volume index is reclaimed.
• Time required to complete reclaiming the optical index
  When either *RESET and VOLUME(*ALL) or *UPDATE and VOLUME(*ALL) together are selected, it may require several hours for the Reclaim Optical (RCLOPT) command to complete.

 

Parent topic:

Reclaiming the optical index database

Related concepts
Choosing the reclaim type to use