Hey everyone

Is it possible to delete an archive filespace from a
disk storage pool and tape without deleting the
regular backup data???  We are thinking about
archiving data off of a pc that needs to be reloaded
and putting it back on tape.  I thought about setting
up another management class to do this with, but the
time frame for each pc is different.  That is why I
was wondering how or if you can delete the filespace
for the archived data without deleting to regular
backed up data??  If so any suggestions on how to do
this is muchly appreciated.

adsm> help delete filespace
DELETE FILESPACE (Delete Client Node Data from the Server)

Use this command to delete file spaces from the server. Files that belong to
the file space are deleted from primary and copy storage pools.

TSM deletes one or more file spaces as a series of batch database
transactions, thus preventing a rollback or commit for an entire file space
as a single action. If the process is canceled or if a system failure
occurs, a partial deletion can occur. A subsequent DELETE FILESPACE command
for the same node or owner can delete the remaining data.

Privilege Class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege, unrestricted policy
privilege, or restricted policy privilege for the policy domain to which the
client node is assigned.

Syntax

-DELete FIlespace--node_name--file_space_name----------------->

      .-Type--=--ANY--------------.   .-Wait--=--No------.

-----+---------------------------+---+------------------+------>

      '-Type--=--+-ANY----------+-'   '-Wait--=--+-No--+-'
                 +-Backup-------+                '-Yes-'
                 +-ARchive------+
                 +-SPacemanaged-+
                 '-SERver-------'

-----+-----------------------+--------------------------------><

      '-OWNer--=--owner_name--'

Parameters

node_name (Required)
     Specifies the name of the client node to which the file space belongs.

file_space_name (Required)
     Specifies the name of the file space to be deleted. This name is
     case-sensitive and must be entered exactly as it is known to the
     server. To determine how to enter the name, use the QUERY FILESPACE
     command. You can use wildcard characters to specify this name.

Type
     Specifies the type of data to be deleted. This parameter is optional.
     The default value is ANY. Possible values are:

     ANY
          Delete only backed-up versions of files and archived copies of
          files.

          If you specify DELETE FILESPACE node_name * TYPE=ANY, all
          backed-up data and archived data in all file spaces for that node
          are deleted. File spaces are deleted only if they do not contain
          files that are migrated from an HSM client.

     Backup
          Delete backup data for the file space.

     ARchive
          Delete all archived data on the server for the file space.
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Richard
Richard