If you delete the primary copy of the data, all the copies disappear. If you
delete the copypool tape with that data, the primary copy will remain
intact.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen S. Rout [mailto:asr AT NERSP.NERDC.UFL DOT EDU]
> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 11:53 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Destroyed tape
>
>
> => On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:00:54 -0600, bbullock
> <bbullock AT MICRON DOT COM> said:
>
> >         WOAH, don't do a "delete vol ... discardd=yes" on
> the primary tape,
> > it will delete all the references to the copypool backup.
> What you want to
> > do is mark the tape as 'destroyed' (update vol ...
> access=destroyed). In the
> > future, if there is a restore request for that data, ADSM
> will request the
> > off-site copy to complete the restore.
>
>
>
> I've now seen several people report this.  I just want to
> restate, to make
> sure that I understand what's being claimed.
>
>
> If I have three copies of a file scattered across a stgpool,
> and some copies,
> and I delete vol... a volume with _one_ of those copies,
> _all_ of the copies
> all across my stgpools are deleted.  Is this correct?
>
>
>
> - Allen S. Rout
>