If you run DRM then q drmstatus will display the DB Backup expiration days.

Curt Magura
Lockheed Martin
Enterprise Information Systems
Gaithersburg Md.
301-240-6305


                -----Original Message-----
                From:   Geetam Van Der Dussen [mailto:geetam AT SCOTPROV.CO DOT 
UK]
                Sent:   Friday, April 30, 1999 5:58 AM
                To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                Subject:        Re: Disaster-Recovery, Tapes Vanishing!

                Friends

                I have trouble with tapes too, but I am inclined to think
that we have our
                procedures (and sequence of events) not quite right yet. It
is getting
                better, it seemed to happen specially over the weekend
(daily DBBackup, but
                off-site movement only on weekdays)

                I am curious about the statement Scott made: I have checked
my "DB Backup
                Series Expiration Days" in DRM status (5 days). Where do I
find how long
                ADSM keeps DBBackup tapes?

                Regards
                     Geetam

                >

                > Date:    Thu, 29 Apr 1999 11:24:33 -0400
                > From:    Scott Fluegge <sfluegge AT VENATORGROUP DOT COM>
                > Subject: Re: Disaster-Recovery, Tapes Vanishing!
                > MIME-Version: 1.0
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                >


                > Cindy,
                >
                > What is your "DB Backup Series Expiration Days" set to?
(you can find
                > this  by using the command: "q drmst".  If that is set to
5 or more days,
                > the tape will vanish.  That is because you are telling the
drmedia
                > manager to hold it longer than ADSM is.  It will never be
put in the
                > vault retrieve state.
                >
                > What I do is run delete volhist type=dbbackup
todatae=today-12 and set my
                > "DB Backup Series Expiration Days" to 7 days.  This puts
the tapes in the
                > vault retrieve state for 5 days which gives me some
breathing room.  This
                > said, I am still having tapes vanish.  Some are DB
Backups, some are not.
                >
                > Scott
                >




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