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Re: Oracle TDP - Help with removing files from a filespace created by rman nocatalog

2005-09-08 11:18:22
Subject: Re: Oracle TDP - Help with removing files from a filespace created by rman nocatalog
From: Thomas Denier <Thomas.Denier AT MAIL.TJU DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 11:17:45 -0400
> Tricky one. OK, I must admit I'm not a wizard, but nothing immediate
> comes to mind, apart from deleting the filespace for the client node,
> and start all over. That will of course delete any valid backup pieces
> as well, which is bad, but you could make a new backup manually after
> deleting the filespace, and you would have at least one backup again.

There is a less draconian version of this approach. Rename the filespace,
let TSM create a new filespace, wait until you have a suitable number of
backups in the new filespace, and then delete the renamed filespace.