Dick:
You also need to run expire inventory if its not auto-magically happening
now.   Then afterwards you need to lower reclamation thresholds for the
tape pool from 100% (try 99, 98, 97, 96, etc one at a time til it happens.

Also , if you have more tape drive pairs you can do move data on tapes
that appear to be candidates for reclaimation.   Because Reclamation only
does 1 tape at a time ( Oh why can't there be a recproc like theres migproc!!

good luck  !!!!!    call me (your local?) if you'd like.
          ... joe.f.

P.S you may have to plan this for a weekend.  If you not been paying the piper
every day or so you are going to pay big now!!!!!


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On Tue, 11 Aug 1998 13:38:28 -0500 Hilton Tina said:
>NOLIMIT means that there can be unlimited versions retained.  What you
>probably want to do is change the "retain extra version" and "retain only
>versions" to be fewer days than your current setting.
>
>Tina
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roger N Dick [SMTP:rdick AT POP.JPL.NASA DOT GOV]
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 1998 12:53 PM
>> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject:      How do I delete files
>>
>> Hi all,
>>  
>> We are running out tapes in our 3575 library(more tapes are on order). I
>> have been given the ok to delete backup files that were backed up prior to
>> July 20,1998 from our tapepool. The question is how can I delete files by
>> date. I have tried lowering the number of versions of data exists and
>> extra versions to nolimit, but nothing happened.
>>  
>> Please advise
>>  
>> Thanks,
>>  
>> Roger Dick
>> ADSM Administrator
>> Jet Propulsion Laboratory