Martijn:

On the server, is the node allowed to delete archives?
Use dsmadmc to query node <nodename> f=d to see.

Rich

At 02:57 PM 6/17/99 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi, I am trying to delete archive data from an AIX client (archives of
>directories that got bound to the mgmt class with the longest retention
>period, the old story), but I can't seem to do it.
>
>Here's what I see and don't understand:
>
>dsmc> q ar "/u03/temp"
>             Size  Archive Date - Time    File - Expires on - Description
>             ----  -------------------    -------------------------------
>              512  04/28/99   12:44:13    /u03/temp 04/27/00   Archive Date:
>04/28/99    Time: 12:46:06
>              512  06/02/99   04:00:17    /u03/temp 06/01/00   Archive Date:
>06/02/99    Time: 04:02:42
>              512  06/03/99   04:00:31    /u03/temp 06/02/00   Archive Date:
>06/03/99    Time: 04:02:58
>              512  06/04/99   04:00:20    /u03/temp 06/03/00   Archive Date:
>06/04/99    Time: 04:02:47
>              512  06/05/99   04:00:19    /u03/temp 06/04/00   Archive Date:
>06/05/99    Time: 04:02:46
>              512  06/06/99   04:00:31    /u03/temp 06/05/00   Archive Date:
>06/06/99    Time: 04:02:59
>              512  06/07/99   04:00:05    /u03/temp 06/06/00   Archive Date:
>06/07/99    Time: 04:02:34
>              512  06/08/99   04:00:32    /u03/temp 06/07/00   Archive Date:
>06/08/99    Time: 04:03:02
>              512  06/09/99   04:00:13    /u03/temp 06/08/00   Archive Date:
>06/09/99    Time: 04:02:43
>              512  06/10/99   04:00:34    /u03/temp 06/09/00   Archive Date:
>06/10/99    Time: 04:03:05
>              512  06/11/99   04:06:13    /u03/temp 06/10/00   Archive Date:
>06/11/99    Time: 04:08:44
>              512  06/12/99   04:00:40    /u03/temp 06/11/00   Archive Date:
>06/12/99    Time: 04:03:14
>              512  06/13/99   04:00:36    /u03/temp 06/12/00   Archive Date:
>06/13/99    Time: 04:03:11
>              512  06/14/99   04:00:37    /u03/temp 06/13/00   Archive Date:
>06/14/99    Time: 04:03:14
>              512  06/15/99   04:01:41    /u03/temp 06/14/00   Archive Date:
>06/15/99    Time: 04:04:17
>              512  06/16/99   04:00:39    /u03/temp 06/15/00   Archive Date:
>06/16/99    Time: 04:03:16
>              512  06/17/99   04:00:58    /u03/temp 06/16/00   Archive Date:
>06/17/99    Time: 04:03:35
>
>So far, everything's cool. But when I try to delete something, using this
>command:
>
>dsmc> del ar "/u03/temp" -pick
>ANS1092E No files matching search criteria were found
>
>...I get this. Why?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Martijn.
>
>

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