If you enable archive deletes on the TSM server (upd nod <node> archdel=y),
you can then use the "delete archive" command on the client to remove
specific directories from archives.

On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 07:13:05PM +0200, John Keyes wrote:
> Hello,
> ?
> I have a bit of a problem at hands. We operate a TSM Server for a client. I 
> have of course access to the TSM Server but not to the backup clients.
> We are doing forever-archives for 3 nodes, but since we are nearly out of 
> scratch tapes in the library, the client decided he wants to switch over to 1 
> year archives for one specific node.
> So how can I expire just the archive data of this one node that is older than 
> a year?
> As far as I know I cannot rebind existing archive data to other management 
> classes and if I change the expiration in this management class, the other 
> nodes are also affected.
> Does anyone have an idea?
> ?
> Kind regards,
> John

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