ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] Moving tapes offsite

2011-09-16 15:53:14
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Moving tapes offsite
From: Jim Davis <jjdavis AT EMAIL.ARIZONA DOT EDU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2011 12:38:36 -0700
On 9/16/2011 10:13 AM, Skylar Thompson wrote:
> Could you generate a backupset for them on new tape, and then delete
> their data from storage pools when it's done? That way TSM doesn't have
> to track it at all.

Thanks, though with 20+ tapes of their data...  I suspect there's an
easier way I'd overlooked:  checkout the volumes, hand the tapes over,
then destroy the volumes with discarddata=yes. On my first quick pass
through TFM I'd thought the discarddata=yes would try to physically
erase the tape, but it looks like it just removes the database entries
for the backed-up data, which is fine.

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Jim Davis
Biotechnology Computing Facility
Arizona Research Labs