When you delete a copy pool volume you will only lose the data on that volume, 
you will not lose the data in the primary pool.  If you run a backup storage 
pool to the copy pool TSM will re-copy the deleted data to it.
We deleted nearly 1,000 tapes from a copy pool we stopped using, but before we 
ran the deletes, we made sure the primary pools had been copied to the new copy 
pools.

Andy Huebner

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Christian Svensson
Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 1:15 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Delete Copypool?

Hi Everyone,
I wanna delete a copypool storage group on a server but still keep the data in 
my primary tape pool.
When I read the help information it only tells me information what's happening 
if I delete a primary disk or tape pool.

My question is, how will TSM react when I delete a volume in my copypool? Will 
it react in the same way when I delete a Disk volume or will it act in the same 
way when I delete a tape volume?



Best Regards
Christian Svensson

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E-mail: Christian.Svensson AT cristie DOT se
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