Hello,

you could do a QUERY CONT to know what data is still on the tapes.
Please note the Backup Copy Group should npt indicate 4 versions but 1 for
Data exists and 0 for Data deleted.

You should also use Collocation to be sure only data from the Exchange
server is on the tape.

Regards,

Rene Lambelet
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestle - CH-1800 Vevey
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E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan, Chris (ELS) [SMTP:c.jordan AT ELSEVIER.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 3:05 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Delete of Exchange backups?
>
> We have lots of tapes in our on-site tape pool with Exchange agent data on
> them. Doing a Q CONT shows that the date these were written was some time
> during August.
>
> Yesterday afternoon we changed the Backup Copy Group that is used for the
> Exchange backups from 14 versions to 4 versions. ("Retain extra version"
> is
> 30 and "retain only version" is 60 days).
> We changed the final line (excdsmc /adsmautodelete:* /ifolder:4) in the
> script that is run on the Exchange Server to delete all but 4 versions.
> The excdsm.log shows "22 backup objects of 32 examined were deleted".
>
> Having done this, we expected the expire inventory processing this morning
> to release these tapes - but it hasn't!. What else do we need to do to
> expire these old tapes and allow them to be re-used??
>
> Yesterday, from the GUI on the Exchange server you could see up to 14
> versions that could be used to restore from. Today, the GUI only shows a
> choice of 5 versions - so something has changed! But ADSM doesn't seem to
> have released the tapes.....
>
> Any thing else we need to do??
>
> Cheers, Chris