Recycling is the process of reclaiming space on archive volumes. The recycler works with the archiver to reclaim the space occupied by unused archive copies. As users modify files, the archive copies associated with the old versions can be purged from the system
# cat /etc/opt/SUNWsamfs/archiver.cmd
interval=2m
fs = samfs1
logfile=/var/opt/SUNWsamfs/archiver/samfs1.log
arset1_dir01 dir01
1 30s
2 120s
arset1 .
1 30s
2 1200s
params
allsets -recycle_hwm 50 -recycle_mingain 50 -recycle_vsncount 1
endparams
vsns
arset1.1 dk disk11
arset1.2 dk disk21
arset1_dir01.1 dk disk12
arset1_dir01.2 dk disk22
samfs1.1 dk disk10
endvsns
-recycle_hwm 50 „high water mark “ – Percentage of the total storage space in the library that must be utilized before recycling will occur
-recycle_mingain 50 „minimum gain“ – Percentage of the VSN that must be expired archives before it can be recycled
-recycle_vsncount 1 – „VSN count“ – Maximum number of VSNs recycled in one recycler run
Creating a crontab File for the Recycler If the system is performing as expected, you are ready to make a crontab entry for the superuser to run the recycler periodically, every two hours or more, depending on your site’s conditions
# EDITOR=vi
# export EDITOR
# crontab -e
…
5 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17,19,21,23 * * * /opt/SUNWsamfs/sbin/sam-recycler