Hi Yuemin,

Your DB backups only expire if you delete them from your volume history. If
you use DRM.. Are DB tapes switched to VAULT RETRIEVE ??
Otherwise use the del volhist t=dbb todate=-28 command to expire yr db
tapes.. hope this helps..

Best Regards,

Etienne Brachel

From: Yuemin Wang <ywang AT MDS-TQC DOT COM>
Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: DBBackup is not expired
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:33:19 -0700

Hi all,

Our ADSM DB tapes are not expired even I set up correct
DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS.
I have watched this for a week, and even re-booted the Server (AIX 4.3).

This is my drmstatus:
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adsm> q drmstatus
Session established with server ADSM: AIX-RS/6000
  Server Version 3, Release 1, Level 2.20
  Server date/time: 07/30/99   17:14:47  Last access: 07/30/99
16:57:36


              Recovery Plan Prefix: /adsmbkup/DRM/plan/
          Plan Instructions Prefix: /adsmbkup/DRM/instr
        Replacement Volume Postfix: @
             Primary Storage Pools: ARCHTAPE TAPEPOOL
                Copy Storage Pools: OFF_ARCH OFF_BACK
       Not Mountable Location Name: NOTMOUNTABLE
                      Courier Name: COURIER
                   Vault Site Name: VAULT
  DB Backup Series Expiration Days: 28 Day(s)
Recovery Plan File Expiration Days: 5 Day(s)
                      Check Label?: Yes
         Process FILE Device Type?: Yes
                 Command File Name:
--------------------------------------

And this is volhist:
--------------------------------------
adsm> q volhist type=dbb

       Date/Time: 06/20/99   14:00:12
     Volume Type: BACKUPFULL
   Backup Series: 138
Backup Operation: 0
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCL3590BKUP
     Volume Name: 000063
 Volume Location: VAULT

       Date/Time: 06/21/99   14:00:14
     Volume Type: BACKUPINCR
   Backup Series: 138
Backup Operation: 1
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/29988014.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/21/99   14:20:14
     Volume Type: BACKUPFULL
   Backup Series: 139
Backup Operation: 0
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/29989214.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/22/99   14:00:16
     Volume Type: BACKUPINCR
   Backup Series: 139
Backup Operation: 1
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/30074417.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/23/99   14:00:18
     Volume Type: BACKUPINCR
   Backup Series: 139
Backup Operation: 2
      Volume Seq: 1
more...   (<ENTER> to continue, 'C' to cancel)

    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/30160818.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/24/99   14:00:20
     Volume Type: BACKUPINCR
   Backup Series: 139
Backup Operation: 3
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/30247220.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/24/99   14:20:20
     Volume Type: BACKUPFULL
   Backup Series: 140
Backup Operation: 0
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/30248420.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/25/99   14:00:22
     Volume Type: BACKUPINCR
   Backup Series: 140
Backup Operation: 1
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/30333622.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/26/99   14:00:25
     Volume Type: BACKUPINCR
   Backup Series: 140
Backup Operation: 2
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/30420025.DBB
 Volume Location:

       Date/Time: 06/27/99   14:00:27
     Volume Type: BACKUPFULL
more...   (<ENTER> to continue, 'C' to cancel)

   Backup Series: 141
Backup Operation: 0
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCL3590BKUP
     Volume Name: 000060
 Volume Location: VAULT

       Date/Time: 06/28/99   14:00:29
     Volume Type: BACKUPINCR
   Backup Series: 141
Backup Operation: 1
      Volume Seq: 1
    Device Class: DVCLDISK
     Volume Name: /adsmbkup/30592829.DBB
 Volume Location:

... ...
--------------------------------------------

Thank you

Yuemin

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