Martin wrote:

>I never did it, but with the following command :
>adsm> delete volhist todate=02/13/1998 type=dbb
>and mistyping the year 1998 to 1999, all my DB-Tapes are gone,
>if I answer the (pseudo-)question >Do you wish to proceed ?< with yes.

 If you don't type, you can't mistype.
 So, define a schedule like:

 def sched del_volhist t=a cmd="del volhist todate=today-7 type=dbbackup" -
     active=yes starttime=[five minuts before you start your backup db] -
     period=1 perunits=days

 Cheers,
 Henk ten Have