ADSM-L

Re: Deleting volhistory

2004-08-20 11:46:40
Subject: Re: Deleting volhistory
From: "Stapleton, Mark" <mark.stapleton AT BERBEE DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 10:47:02 -0500
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Owings, Don
>Hey group,  I would like to expand on this thread.  I have 
>several duplicate files that were inadvertantly saved to tape 
>that are not saved exclusively to dedicated tapes, meaning 
>they are striped among files I need to retain.  Does anyone 
>know if the delete volume command allows for deleting specific 
>files on a tape.  I used the delete archive but this only 
>removed it from the database and the files still reside on the 
>tapes which I'd like to free up to be used for scratch.

As far as TSM is concerned, deleting the entries from the database
deletes the files from the tape. The space on tape occupied by those
files is now available for overwriting.

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Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
Berbee Information Networks
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