Re: Delete file space by description

In a similar situation, I used the command line.  The user was very slow about
cleaning up thier archives, so I went in and "del arch name -pick".  As I
remember, that shows the description field as well as the date.

I emptied 28 3590K cartridges in about 2 hours.

Quoting Greg <gkemp AT MAC DOT COM>:

> Hi,
>
> Is there a way to delete file space based on the description used to
> archive it? I have several file systems that have been archived from
> time to time. However last week by mistake the file systems were
> archived for seven years. These archives we spread amongst 6 file
> systems and total over 2TB. So I would like to get the tape space back.
>
> The only way I can find to delete the archives is by file space.
> However if I delete file space for the file systems I am worried that
> it will delete all archives for the FSID, not just the one archive I
> want to delete.
>
> TSM Server - AIX 4.3.3 running 5.1.6.5
> Client - OS X 10.3.4 running 5.2.2
>
> The OS X box is headless.. so all admin work is done via the shell.
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight!
>
> Greg
>


Fred Johanson