"Kauffman, Tom" wrote:

> My NT staff is in the process of doing 'server consolidation'; I'm wondering
> what that is going to do to my ADSM database. The question becomes one of
> when (or if) ADSM will determine files no longer exist on a server.
> Basically, this is what is going on:
>
> On Server_a a directory path of D:\L\O\N\G\ with about 100 files in
> directory G. On Server_b, they create E:\L\O\ and then move N\G\ from
> Server_a to Server_b. Will ADSM note that the files formerly in G on
> Server_a are no longer there on the next backup? Directories N and G are
> *both* gone from Server_a.
>
> If ADSM does *not* expire the files on Server_a -- how do I do it? I do
> *not* have access to or control of the NT environment; I only have the
> server side of ADSM.

You will have to manually delete the filespaces from the ADSM server if they
(the drive letter) no longer exists on the NT server.

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