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Drives
If the archive set has the -drives parameter specified, the sam-archiverd
daemon divides the selected files in the archive request among multiple drives. If the
number of drives available at this time is fewer than that specified by the -drives
parameter, the smaller number is used.
If the total size of files in the archive request is less than the -drivemin value, only
one drive is used. The -drivemin value is either the value specified by the
-drivemin parameter or the archmax value. The archmax value is specified by the
-archmax parameter or the value defined for the media. For more information on
the -archmax parameter and the archmax= directive, see the archiver.cmd(4)
man page.
If the total size of files in the archive request is more than the -drivemin value,
then the number of drives used is determined by the total size of the files divided by
the -drivemin value. If the number of drives used is fewer than the number of
drives specified by the -drives parameter, that is the number that is used.
Drives can take varying amounts of time to archive files. You can use the
-drivemax parameter to obtain better drive utilization. The -drivemax parameter
requires you to specify the maximum number of bytes to be written to a drive before
that drive is rescheduled for more data.
Volumes
For archiving to occur, there must be at least one volume with enough space to hold
at least some of the files in the archive request. If it has enough space, the volume
that has most recently been used for the archive set is the one scheduled. This
volume must not be in use by the archiver.
If a volume usable for the archive set is busy, another is selected, unless the
-fillvsns parameter is specified. In this case, the archive request cannot be
scheduled.
If an archive request is too big for one volume, the files that can fit on the volume are
selected to be archived to the volume. If the archive request contains files that are
too big to fit on one volume, and volume overflow for the archive request is not
selected, the files cannot be archived. An appropriate message for this condition is
sent to the log.
You can specify volume overflow for the archive set by using the -ovflmin
parameter or for the media by using the ovflmin= directive. For more information
about the -ovflmin parameter and the ovflmin= directive, see the
archiver.cmd(4) man page. The ovflmin specification determines the file size
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