Mark Stapleton wrote:
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 12/02/2005
> 07:23:35 AM:
>
>>I've created my DB on a drive that will not be big enough for very much
>>longer, so would like to move it to another drive, preferably without
>>restoring it.
>>
>>I've reduced the db and see the following on one DB-Volume:
>>Volume Name (Copy 1): D:\TSMDATA\DB\D3904869.DBV
>> Copy Status: Sync'd
>>Available Space (MB): 8,640
>>Allocated Space (MB): 0
>> Free Space (MB): 8,640
>>
>>1. Does this mean I can delete this DB-volume?
>
>
> Possibly. Please refer to the administrator's guide appropriate for the
> level of TSM you are using for instructions on how to modify your db
> volume structure.
>
I have noticed that (at least in recent versions of TSM) del dbvol is
quite a safe command. The volume won't be actually deleted if it
contains any data....
>
>>2. Can I "defrag" a DB-Volume somehow?
>
>
> The first question you should ask is: what makes you think you need to?
>
I actually found an excuse for doing a unload/load operation (and you
all know I think defragging a db is completely useless). The only case I
can think of is when you permanently delete huge amounts of file from a
db and in the end will want to be able to reduce the db. In my case,
I'll be removing about 400 million backup files from a db, but will be
keeping that db as my configuration master (and only that). After I've
removed all node data from th db, I'll do a unload/load so I can reduce
the db... (by abut 200 GB).
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> Mark Stapleton (mark.stapleton AT usbank DOT com)
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