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.

The time requirement is necessary because every volume in the optical media library that is specified must be mounted and then read. The requested databases are then updated before the next volume is mounted. The following factors affect how long it takes the command to complete:

• The number of libraries being reclaimed

• The number of volumes in each library

• Which type of reclaim is requested

• The number of directories on each volume

After a reclaim command has started, it should not be canceled before it has completed. If a reclaim command is canceled before it completes, it might be necessary to run the RCLOPT again before the optical media library is in a usable state.

 

Parent topic:

Reclaiming types