Do not forget to put TYPE=DBB on your DELETE VOLHIST command or it will
delete all VOLHIST records - just not the DBB ones!
John Rushton
Lockheed Martin M&DS

> ----------
> From:         Nicholas Cassimatis[SMTP:nickpc AT US.IBM DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Thursday, March 26, 1998 13:00
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: How to re-use 3570 tape that contain ADSB DBBackup ?
>
> You need to do a 'DEL VOLHIST TODATE=-x' where 'x' is the number of days
> back
> you want to go.  I have 7 tapes, one for each day of the week, and do a
> 'DEL
> VOLHIST TODATE=-6' before the scheduled database backup.  That frees up
> the
> tape that has the 7 day old backup.
>
> Nick Cassimatis
> Distributed Storage Management Team
> RTP, NC
> 919-254-7302   T/L 444-7302
> nickpc AT us.ibm DOT com
>
> If you don't have the time to do it right the first time, where will you
> find
> the time to do it again?
>