delete volhist todate=today type=remote vol=volname force=yes

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 12:34 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Getting rid of ghost REMOTE volumes


How can I get rid of/delete/release volumes that were associated with a
TSM server that no longer exists?

For example, here is the history of a volume.  The last use was to the
server CAPELLA which has been decommissioned.  It also happens to be a
database backup for that now defunct server.

Can I just initialize it with extreme prejudice ?   Will it let me ?   A
simple delete volume doesnt work since this server doesn't own it
eventhough it is the library owning server!

       DATE_TIME: 2008-01-20 03:31:41.000000
     VOLUME_NAME: 091007
            TYPE: STGNEW
        DEVCLASS: 3583-LTO2-1
   BACKUP_SERIES:
BACKUP_OPERATION:
      VOLUME_SEQ:
        LOCATION:
         COMMAND:

       DATE_TIME: 2008-01-22 09:14:20.000000
     VOLUME_NAME: 091007
            TYPE: STGDELETE
        DEVCLASS: 3583-LTO2-1
   BACKUP_SERIES:
BACKUP_OPERATION:
      VOLUME_SEQ:
        LOCATION:
         COMMAND:

       DATE_TIME: 2008-01-22 09:52:46.000000
     VOLUME_NAME: 091007
            TYPE: STGNEW
        DEVCLASS: 3583-LTO2-1
   BACKUP_SERIES:
BACKUP_OPERATION:
      VOLUME_SEQ:
        LOCATION:
         COMMAND:

       DATE_TIME: 2008-01-24 04:17:34.000000
     VOLUME_NAME: 091007
            TYPE: STGDELETE
        DEVCLASS: 3583-LTO2-1
   BACKUP_SERIES:
BACKUP_OPERATION:
      VOLUME_SEQ:
        LOCATION:
         COMMAND:

       DATE_TIME: 2008-01-24 17:24:02.000000
     VOLUME_NAME: 091007
            TYPE: REMOTE
        DEVCLASS: 3583-LTO2-1
   BACKUP_SERIES:
BACKUP_OPERATION:
      VOLUME_SEQ:
        LOCATION: TSM-CAPELLA
         COMMAND:
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