Question & Answer
Question
Why does a MOVE CONTAINER process fail with an ANR0203E insufficient space in directory message when QUERY STGPOOL output show there is available space in the pool.
Cause
Move container processing will always move data from the specified source container into a newly allocated destination container of the same size. If there is not enough space in any of the storage pool directories to allocate the new destination container, then the process will fail with:
ANR0203E MOVE CONTAINER process NNN terminated for /mnt/mpatho/02/00000000000002c9.dcf- insufficient space in directory *All*
QUERY STGPOOL output for the destination container pool may show that free space should exist somewhere in the pool:
tsm: SERVER1>QUERY STGPOOL CONTAINER
Storage Device Storage Estimated Pct Pct High Low Next Storage
Pool Name Class Name Type Capacity Util Migr Mig Mig Pool
Pct Pct
--------- ---------- --------- --------- ----- ----- ---- --- -----------
CONTAINER DIRECTORY 106,450 G 66.6
The 66.6% Pct Util value with an estimated capacity of 106G+ indicates that free space is available, however, SHOW SDPOOL output (an undocumented diagnostic command) indicates that there is no free space in the filesystems that the storage pool container directories are defined in (FsFreeSpace). The available free space in the pool is within previously allocated containers (CntrFreeSpace):
tsm: SERVER1>SHOW SDPOOL
SD Pool PTFM-VE (25):
Needs Refresh: False
Maximum Size: 0
FsCapacity: 109025280 MB
FsFreeSpace: 0 MB
CntrAllocSpace: 108980607 MB
CntrUsedSpace: 72545862 MB
CntrFreeSpace: 36434745 MB
PoolCapacity: 108980607 MB
PoolFree: 36434745 MB
Reserved Space: 0 MB
Last Space Check: 01/13/16 14:38:12
Because there is not enough free space at the filesystem level (FsFreeSpace: 0MB) a new container cannot be allocated and the MOVE CONTAINER fails with the ANR0203E.
Answer
To process a MOVE CONTAINER successfully in such a situation, increase the available free space for the existing filesystems, or add a new filesystem/stgpooldir to the pool.
Product Synonym
ITSM TSM ADSM IBM SPECTRUM PROTECT
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17 June 2018
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