Kathy,
why does solution 2) or 3) of my first posting ( ie. changing fs now or
setting tapes to ro ) not work for you ?

If you dont have enough tapes maybe you can identify some now that hold
only backups you dont need anymore and delete them with "discardd=yes" ?

herfried





"Lai, Kathy KL" <Kathy.KL.Lai AT PCCW DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 06.12.2001
02:04:50

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Dear all,

Thank you for all of your suggestions. However, my situation is worst than
that. My situation is as below.

1) I am not planning to upgrade my TDP to version 2.2 as my ADSM server is
version v.3.1.2.50. It seems that this version of server cannot support TDP
v2.2. Is that right? If not, please correct me.

2) Both old and upgraded DB backup are using the same node and filespace.
But I just what to delete those backup from the old database.

Can anyone have any ideas about this issue which can help me? Thank you
very much.

Regards,
Kathy Lai

   -----Original Message-----
   From:   Prather, Wanda [SMTP:Wanda.Prather AT JHUAPL DOT EDU]
   Sent:   Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:36 AM
   To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
   Subject:        Re: Delete TDP backup piece directory from ADSM

   If you are planning to upgrade your TDP to Version 2.2 (plus you need a
   patch), it has a utility called TDPOSYNC.  It lets you remove backup
   pieces
   from the TSM DB, even if they are no longer in the RMAN catalog (a not
   uncommon occurrence, we've found).

   -----Original Message-----
   From: Herfried Abel [mailto:ha7 AT DAIMLERCHRYSLER DOT COM]
   Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 2:07 AM
   To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
   Subject: Re: Delete TDP backup piece directory from ADSM

   Kathy,

   1) if you use either a different node name or a different filespace for
   the
   backups of the new /upgraded DB you can issue a "delete filespace" on
   the
   TSM.

   2) you can create a new filespace where the backups go to and then,
   according to your backup policy go back to 1) after your defined
   "keep-the-backups"  time.

   3) if all your backups are on tapes, you could set them now to
   "readonly"
   and delete all af them after you did enough backups - according to your
   policy-  again.

   4) maybe there bis a simpler way and "Thiha" knows the answer ?

   herfried



   "Lai, Kathy KL" <Kathy.KL.Lai AT PCCW DOT COM>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 04.12.2001
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   Dear all,

   I have some backup pieces in the ADSM server which is still in active
   mode
   and I can also find them in the catalog DB. However, the database that
   the
   backup pieces belong to has already been upgraded and already registered
   to
   another catalog DB. Therefore, I cannot remove those backup pieces
   through
   RMAN of the orginal catalog DB anmore. How can I delete those old backup
   pieces directory from the ADSM server.

   Regards,
   Kathy Lai






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