Hello,
Thanks Darren, i did confirm that aborted savesets are recyclable, i 
wanted the workaround since, the aborted saveset is becoming an issue, i 
guess, without recycling the entire tape, i will not be able to utilize 
the capacity again ( VTL tapes).
Thanks for clearing this up.
 volume        ssid       ssflags client
VT0126         3268419746 vrEiF  client1
VT0126         2983214281 vrEiF  cleint1
VT0126         3335521568 vF      client2
VT0126         3469739250 vF     client3
VT0126         3452962034 vF     client4
VT0126         3436184818 vF    cleint5
VT0126         3486516466 vF     client6



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>On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 11:18:27AM -0500, Fazil Saiyed wrote:
> What is the best method to remove aborted savesets from the media, as i 
am 
> running into issues with backups occasionally, this step would help 
> reclaim & recycle media quicker?

Why would it be quicker?  Do you have items on the tape that have
different retention periods?

> I know nsrmm -d with saveset id can do it, however, i am hoping nsrim -X 

> would do it also, i ran the later cmd and did not see it removing the 
> aborted savesets?

nsrmm -d doesn't remove anything from media.  It removes the saveset
information from the media database, but the media is (initially)
untouched. 

If the saveset was aborted, it should already be marked
expired/recyclable.  Confirm with 'mminfo'. 

> The assumption is that the volume may have some browsable savsets and 
> recycling entire tape is not always an option.

Then you can't recycle the tape.  You cannot write to the middle of a
tape without destroying all the data after that point.

If you want to recycle part of a tape, stage or clone the savesets you
do want to keep to other media, then recycle this one.

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Darren

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