deleting aix backups of tsm db files

[wesd]

Hi,

I have a tsm server whose database files are held in /tsmlive1/db with mirrors in /tsmlive1/dbm. The database is backed up daily using backup db with a full backup going to one tape library and a snapshot to an offsite library.

A faulty client option set has resulted in tsm backing up the contents of the 2 directories above as if they were normal files from a normal client. This is obviously a huge waste of tape space so I want to run a delete filespace to get rid of them.

Am I right in assuming that these files can't be used to restore the tsm database (if I somehow lost all my 'proper' tsm backups) and are, therefore, just wasting tape space. I'm a bit wary of deleting 4TB of files which might turn out to be needed.

 

[inestler]

these tsm-dbfiles from client-backup cant be used for restore.

 

[wesd]

Thank you. No point keeping them then.

 

[heada]

Just exclude them and the next time a backup runs they'll be expired. This also helps in that backups from that point forward would have them excluded too.

-Aaron