When you say secondary pool, do you mean copy pool?  If these are copy
pool tapes, you can simply delete them and the next time a backup
stgpool operation is run on the primary pool, the data will be backed up
again.

I'm pretty sure you mean that these tapes belong to a copy storage pool.
To verify, though, you can issue a query stgpool f=d on the pool these
tapes belong to and look for the pooltype parameter.

Really, the only issue deleting copy pool volumes is if they are offsite
and after you delete them and before you run the backup stgpool command
and remove the latest tapes, you have a situation where a disaster could
leave you without data.  SO be a little bit careful.  You know Mr.
Murhpy and his law...

Thanks,

Kelly Lipp
CTO
STORServer, Inc.
485-B Elkton Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
719-266-8777
www.storserver.com


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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
exclusiveright
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:13 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] deleting volumes with data on tapes

Hi
I have 2 LTO2 tapes I need to transfer the data from.  This storage pool
is set up as a secondary pool so I can't just do a move data on it.

If I just delete the volume and discard the data will TSM know that the
data needs to be rebacked up or do I need to manaully backup the data
again before I delete the volume.

OR  is there another option I haven't thought of?

Thanks

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