Yes.
If you are using DRM to manage your DB snapshots with MOVE DRMEDIA
SOURCE=DBS,  then you should STOP doing the delete volhist.

When you remove the volume entry from volhist, DRM loses track of it, and
can't tell you when to bring it back.

When you are managing the DBsnapshots with DRM MOVE DRMEDIA commands , DRM
will expire the DBS tapes itself (after telling you they are ready to
retrieve from the vault) based on the setting for DBBACKUP Series Expiration
Days setting.  View with  Q DRMSTATUS, change with SET
DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS.

W


On Wed, May 20, 2009 at 12:22 PM, Lee, Gary D. <GLEE AT bsu DOT edu> wrote:

> Every weekday, we take a db snapshot at the end of offsite processing, and
> send it offsite as well.
> We also do the snaphots on weekends, but do not ship them offsite until
> Monday.
>
> In our daily offsite maintanence script, I do a del volhist t=dbs tod=-5.
>
> What is happening, I think has to do with drm and the delete volhist.
> Tsm seems to lose track of some of these snapshots, and never return them
> from the vault.
>
> Has anyone run across this, and is there a fix?
> Any help is welcome.
>
>
> Gary Lee
> Senior System Programmer
> Ball State University
> phone: 765-285-1310
>
>