Trevor,

        in fact I was looking for some bits of "unofficial" code that could
sweep through the DB and remove all the "marked for delete" flags,
selectively of course. It's just a bit frustrating to be able to see
those files and knowing you can't do much about it, and telling the user
that although you have a copy (DR) you cannot recover them.

        Anyway ... thank you for your reply.

Ciao Mauro

Agrate IT - STMicroelectronics

> Hi Mauro,
>
> I think that the only choice that you have is an ADSM database restore
to a poin
> t before the delete occured. While the delete actually only markes the
entries f
> or delete, and as you seem to be aware it is the expire inventory that
removes t
> he entries and gives back the space. However, I do not know of any way
to remove
>  the marked for delete flag.
>
>
> Trevor
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mauro M.TINELLI [mailto:Mauro.TINELLI AT ST DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, 6 August 1999 8:01 pm
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Delete Archive Accidentally
>
>
> Dears,
>
>         a users has cancelled an archive with the command 'del arc'.
Can I help
> him without restoring the whole DB? I blocked the 'expire inventory'
but
> then what?
>
>         Someone suggested to mark the cassette as 'destroyed' and then
use the
> DRM copy, but this doesn't convinced me, because I think is the DB
which
> has changed for the moment.
>
>
> Thank you for any help
>
> Ciao Mauro