Do something like:
   del volhist todate=-4 type=dbbackup
where the -4 is the number of days ago that you did the backup.

Warning: This will release >ALL< database backup volumes prior to then.
However, it this volume is your only backup, it will not be released.

On Wed, 11 Apr 2001, Jon Milliren wrote:

> Hi all,
>
>         I'm sorry if this is a dumb question, but here goes... I labeled a
> volume and used this volume for a db backup. My problem is that I forgot
> to define the volume in my copy storage pool. Now, I cannot define it to
> the pool (because it was used for a db backup), nor can I give the
> volume a status of scratch...
>
>         How can I get out of this mess? I'd like to simply delete and relabel
> the volume, I have no need to preseve the db backup.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon
>
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>
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