You're right.  But, the only drawback with your method is if the
     copygroup policy has a long retention value, such as RETExtra et al.
     You still have to wait till the dummy files are finally gone.


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Subject: Re: Delete backups
Author:  "Dist. Stor. Manager(ADSM) List" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> at 
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Date:    5/8/96 4:55 PM


You can't delete individual backups from the client or with an admin
command.  I think this is a good thing too, because otherwise, one could
never trust the integrity of the backup set.

But you can still do something to make a specific file unrecoverable.

First, optionally, move the file on the client system to another directory.
2nd, in the original directory replace the file with a small stub of junk.
3rd, do a selective backup of the stub as many times as you have 'versions'
set in the management class.  This will make any backups of the real file
unrestorable.  With the OS/2 cmdline client --
"dsmc sel c:\dir\file"

4th, change the options to stop backing up the real file.
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Author: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
Subject: Delete backups
05-08-96 02:57 PM

I need to delete all ADSM backups for a specific file, but I can't find a
command that deletes backups for a single file.  Any help would be
apprectiated!  We are running MVS V2.1.03 server for an OS2 client.