EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on 
06/04/2010 11:21:47 AM:

> On 06 4, 2010, at 11:13 AM, MIchael Leone wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks; I knew I remembered something like this. The Command Reference 

> > states "Removes the oldest full save and all save sets dependant on it 

> > from the online
> > index. Browse and retention policies are ignored". So ... how do I 
know 
> > what are the "oldest"? Does that mean it keeps only yesterday's 
backup, 
> > and throws everything else away? Or does it mean it throws away the 12 

> > oldest savesets (as an example)?
> > 
> > The description shows like the reverse of what you say - sounds like 
it 
> > doesn't expunge the latest (i.e., newest) savesets, but the oldest. 
Which 
> > is fine, and what I want, but I'd like to be able to tell it to 
expunge 
> > anything older than a specified time (for instance, keep one year's 
worth, 
> > and dump the rest).
> > 
> > Can you do a "nsrim -l -n", to show you what it would be expunging? 
> 
> You would use mminfo for that info. Something along the lines of ?
> 
> mminfo -v -c some_client -ot

That shows me everything out there. Is that what this command does - 
delete everything except the very latest saveset? So the only history I 
would have left is last night's backup?

Any way to specify how much (i.e., how far back) to expunge? For example, 
any saveset older than 12 months? Doesn't appear to be ...

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