Bob Booth - CSO wrote:
>
> I have just upgraded my AIX ADSM server to 3.1.2.1 and now I can't delete my
> database backup volume history.
>
> On Mondays, I issue the following command to perform a fresh backup sequence:
>
> delete volh type=dbb todate=today
>
> The server now returns:
>
> ANR2467I DELETE VOLHISTORY: 0 sequential volume history entries were
> successfully deleted.

I had similar problem on my server (ADSM 3.1.2.1).  More precisely, I
cannot delete the last DB backup from the volume history; older DB
backups may be removed without problem.

As it was an undocumented "feature", I asked the Belgian lab for opening
an APAR
 ---> APAR IC22970.

The APAR has been closed "PER" (which means IBM has thought as a
defect), BUT the fix will only be to add a message informing that it is
not allowed to delete the last DB backup from the volume history.

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Extract from APAR conclusion:
Extract from APAR conclusion:
* PROBLEM DESCRIPTION:
Need to prevent users from accidentally deleting last data base Backup
series.
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Delete Volhist command will ignore and not remove last DB backup
Delete Volhist command will ignore and not remove last DB backup
series.
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Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.

Alain

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