On Apr 8, 2005, at 23:25, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:

Unfortunately, that is the concensus.

IMHO, these features are missing from TSM:

1.  Move COPYPOOL volumes/data

this is possible, both on a per node and a per volume basis.

2.  Deleted the COPYPOOL data for a NODE !

that would be very usefull indeed.

[heavy sigh]




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Hi Zoltan!

Well, if you are trying to move all the data from 3590's to LTO
cartridges, there is certainly no means to do it except to rewrite the
data!
Creating the LTO2 copy pool will take exactly one command:  backup
stgpool primarypool  lto2pool

Naturally it will take a long time to complete, but it can be cancelled
and restarted as needed.
Once that is done, getting the 3590 vols deleted is easy; that is what
macros are for!

Run this:

select 'delete volume ', volume_name, 'discarddata=yes wait=yes' from
volumes where stgpool_name='your_3590_copypool_name'

It will create the DELETE commands for you; run the results as a macro.
Only gotcha:  This could take a long time to run because it hits the DB
hard, purging all the file entries from the copy pool.
Don't run it during the time your normal expiration or DB backup runs.

Wanda


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Subject: Changing copypools


Am I correct that there is still (even in V5.3) no method to move all
data
from one copypool to another ?

I have a need to move all copypool data from a 3590 pool to an LTO2
pool
!

IIRC, unless things have changed, the only choice I have is to
re-backup
the primary pool to the new copypool and then manually "delete volume
...
discarddata=yes" for the 300+ volumes in the old copypool !

Please tell me there is an alternative !

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