Joel Fuhrman wrote:
> I did a snap shot database backup to see what impact, if any, it would have
> on the logfile.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize that it is not possible to
> delete this backup using normal commands.  I don't want a volume containing
> useless data in my library from now until TSM doomsday.
>
> Does anybody know of a back door method to remove the last/only DBSnapshot
> volume from the TSM database.

I'm not sure who told you a DBS couldn't be deleted. No backdoor is
necessary:

        del volhist begind=-3 type=dbs

All database snapshots will be thus deleted if 1) they are at least 3
days old, and 2) there is at least one other database backup (including
full backups).

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)