cleanup incremental backup data after preserving a directory in the filespace

[pharthiphan]

How to clean of the data in a filespace after preserving some directories, sub-directories and files

I have a node name "TEST" and file space "/test8", I want preserve /test8/home/ibm which contains required data's and cleanup the all data in the tsm server except '/test8/home/ibm'


/test8 was an incremental backup

tsm: IITMTSM08>q file
Session established with server IITMTSM08: Linux/x86_64
Server Version 7, Release 1, Level 0.0
Server date/time: 02/23/2015 12:30:33 Last access: 02/23/2015 12:10:53


Node Name Filespace FSID Platform Filespace Is Files- Capacity Pct
Name Type pace Util
Unicode?
--------------- ----------- ---- -------- --------- --------- ----------- -----
TEST /test8 7 Linux GPFS No 690 TB 6.6
x86-64

Please help us with the steps.

 

[marclant]

You can use the DELETE BACKUP command from the TSM Client and delete everything you do not want to keep.

Here's the syntax: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowl....1/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/r_cmd_delbkup.html

You'll need to use: deltype=all to remove both active and inactive versions.



Alternatively, you can update your include/exclude statements in the option file so that only /test8/home/ibm is included, then run an incremental backup. The client will expire all the data previously backed up that is now excluded. Something like this should do the trick:
exclude /test8/*
include /test8/home/ibm/.../*