Unfortunately, the works for all but the last/only volume.  In the output
from the TSM server command 'help del volh', it reads "The latest snapshot
database backup will not be deleted.".

On Mon, 4 Jun 2001, Mark Stapleton wrote:

> Joel Fuhrman wrote:
> > I did a snap shot database backup to see what impact, if any, it would have
> > on the logfile.  Unfortunately, I didn't realize that it is not possible to
> > delete this backup using normal commands.  I don't want a volume containing
> > useless data in my library from now until TSM doomsday.
> >
> > Does anybody know of a back door method to remove the last/only DBSnapshot
> > volume from the TSM database.
>
> I'm not sure who told you a DBS couldn't be deleted. No backdoor is
> necessary:
>
>         del volhist begind=-3 type=dbs
>
> All database snapshots will be thus deleted if 1) they are at least 3
> days old, and 2) there is at least one other database backup (including
> full backups).
>
> --
> Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>