Well, yes, DELETE VOLHISTORY TYPE=DBBACKUP will work, but it's really
much easier to put the DB backup tapes under DRM.  In that case, ADSM
will expire the DB backups automatically, according to the value given
to SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS.

Rich

At 07:43 AM 8/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Sean,
>
>Here is what we use to expire out dbbackups after 14 days.
>
>del volhist todate=today-14 type=dbbackup
>
>
>> ----------
>> From:         Sean Gollschewsky[SMTP:Sean.Gollschewsky AT CITEC.COM DOT AU]
>> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
>> Sent:         Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:23 PM
>> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject:      Expiring Database Backups on ADSM/390
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've searched high and low for the ability for ADSM to automatically
>> expire it's database backups.  I currently perform database backups daily
>> (we're only in TEST at the moment) and the backups are not expiring.  Does
>> ADSM provide functionality to expire it's database backups after a
>> specified time?  Or are we expected to manually expire the database
>> backups?
>>
>> Thanks for any suggestions,
>>
>> Sean.
>>
>
>

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