I found it didn't work until I included * * for nodename/backupset,
as in :

 DEL BACKUPSET * * BEGIND=<sometime_in_the_distant_past> ENDDATE=-14

And that deleted all of 'em!

Joseph A Faracchio,  Systems Programmer, UC Berkeley
Private mail on any topic should be directed to :
   joef AT socrates.berkeley DOT edu

On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Mark Stapleton wrote:

> "Cook, Dwight E" wrote:
> > Oh, this is a HOOT !
> > you may do a "q volhist t=backupset"
> > but you may NOT do a "del volhist t=backupset ..."
> > you can see'em but you can't delete'em !
> > (unless you purge everything...)
>
> It's not quite a big a HOOT! as you might think.
>
>         DEL BACKUPSET BEGIND=<sometime_in_the_distant_past> ENDDATE=-14
>
> (If you want to keep 14 days' worth of backupsets.)
>
> --
> Mark Stapleton (stapleton AT berbee DOT com)
>