No,  only marks files inactive.  The expire has to compare the status to the
copygroup retention criteria to know what can be purged from the database.

You can manually delete records, but running an expire is easier.  Certain
problems can be fixed this way.

Jeff Bach
Home Office Open Systems Engineering
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

WAL-MART CONFIDENTIAL


        -----Original Message-----
        From:   PINNI, BALANAND (SBCSI) [SMTP:bp3965 AT SBC DOT COM]
        Sent:   Wednesday, May 30, 2001 2:47 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: EXPIRE INVENTORY shuts down
        Importance:     High

        FYI
        Does it not expire inventory  as client runs the backup !!!

        -----Original Message-----
        From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU]
        Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 2:40 PM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: Re: EXPIRE INVENTORY shuts down


        Oh bimps.
        Something else to script, that should happen automatically.
        But thanks, I'm glad to know it's not just me.


        -----Original Message-----
        From: Ford, Phillip [mailto:Phillip.Ford AT SPCORP DOT COM]
        Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 3:34 PM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: Re: EXPIRE INVENTORY shuts down


        I have.  We are on 3.7.0 (I know, bad idea but that is what I am
stuck with
        for now).  We have to run expire three times.  The first two stop
        pre-maturely.  The third time it takes off.  We do this program
wise.  The
        first scheduled program starts expire and makes a scheduled program
to run
        in 5 min.  This scheduled program checks to see if expire is running
if
        not start expire and reschedule itself for 5 min.  If expire is
still
        running then it is assumed that it will now run to conclusion and
deletes
        itself (actually it runs a process that keeps looking for expire to
finish
        so that we can run the next phase of our daily chores).  This has
been going
        on for almost a year.


        --
        Phillip Ford
        Senior Software Specialist
        Corporate Computer Center
        Schering-Plough Corp.
        (901) 320-4462
        (901) 320-4856 FAX
        phillip.ford AT spcorp DOT com



        -----Original Message-----
        From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU]
        Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 12:16 PM
        To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject: EXPIRE INVENTORY shuts down


        TSM 3.7.4 on AIX 4.3.3

        I have EXPIRE INVENTORY scheduled to run for 1.5 hours in the wee
hours:
        EXPIRE INVENTORY QUIET=YES DURATION=90


        Sometimes EXPIRE INVENTORY runs OK.
        Other times it starts up, examines/expires 200-300 objects, then
shuts
        itself down again in 2-3 minutes with the normal message of SUCCESS.

        Now I know it should be expiring 100,000+ objects per day.
        If I start it again manually, it takes off and runs as you would
expect.

        Does anyone else see this happen?
        Any idea what causes the premature shutdown?

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