Re: Deleting archive data using command line client

On Wed, Mar 23, 2005 at 10:37:24AM -0500, Richard Sims wrote:

>   dsmc query archive -des="gl-2004*" -subdir=yes /<FilesystemName>/
>
> This should turn up all files and directories which
> employed that Description.

Hmm, that doesn't work as I expect:

# dsmc query archive -des="pint-2004*" -subdir=yes 
/oracle/app/oracle/admin/pint/arch/
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface
  Client Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.0
  Client date/time: 03/23/05   20:11:03
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2004. All Rights
Reserved.

Node Name: TRIPROD1
Session established with server SERVER1: AIX-RS/6000
  Server Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.2
  Server date/time: 03/23/05   20:11:03  Last access: 03/23/05   20:04:59

ANS1092W No files matching search criteria were found

... but see http://www.stupendous.org/dsmwebcl.jpg for a screenshot of the
Web-client showing many archives that do match the wildcard. All those
archives do not contain any files, though.

The following command:

# dsmc query archive -des="pint-2005*" -subdir=yes 
/oracle/app/oracle/admin/pint/arch/

... does result in many files being shown (but no directories):

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface
  Client Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.0
  Client date/time: 03/23/05   20:19:10
(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2004. All Rights
Reserved.

Node Name: TRIPROD1
Session established with server SERVER1: AIX-RS/6000
  Server Version 5, Release 3, Level 0.2
  Server date/time: 03/23/05   20:19:10  Last access: 03/23/05   20:18:26

             Size  Archive Date - Time    File - Expires on - Description
             ----  -------------------    -------------------------------
         3,072  B  03/08/05   09:29:17 
/oracle/app/oracle/admin/pint/arch/pint_1_22521.rdo 03/23/05   
pint-20050308092917
         4,096  B  03/08/05   09:59:56 
/oracle/app/oracle/admin/pint/arch/pint_1_22522.rdo 03/23/05   
pint-20050308095955
    10,486,272  B  03/08/05   10:30:32 
/oracle/app/oracle/admin/pint/arch/pint_1_22523.rdo 03/23/05   
pint-20050308103032
    10,486,272  B  03/08/05   10:30:33 
/oracle/app/oracle/admin/pint/arch/pint_1_22524.rdo 03/23/05   
pint-20050308103032
        [... and so on ...]

> If TSM balks at removing directories which do not have archived files
> under them, look into the special CLEAN ARCHDIRectories command (APAR
> IX89638).

This doesn't seem to apply, since the archiving was done under 5.2 (now on
server 5.3.0.2 and AIX client 5.3.0.0). The server doesn't recognize the
commands CLEAN ARCHDIR and friends.

> And, welcome to the more powerful world of CLI operations.  :-)

Thanks, but I'm already a CLI user, and TSM is no exception: when
upgrading to 5.3, I didn't even *try* to bother installing the ISC. :-)

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Jurjen Oskam