create backupset for the archive...
delete association to stop the scheduled backups in the future...
and you COULD delete filespace - understand that you will NEVER AGAIN
RESTORE anything for MIS_10 if you delete filespace, with the exception of
restoring from the backupset you made earlier.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Sheets, Jerald
> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:24 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Simple archival problem (I hope)
>
>
> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
>         I am encountering an issue that doesn't seem to be addressed
> (directly) in the documentation.  The scenario is simple, but I
> am not sure
> of the method to enact what I'm trying to do.
>
>         We are divided into 2 teams here, and the other team removed and
> shipped off a box that was included in nightly backup.  This
> machine name is
> MIS_10.  I have automated reports firing daily, and one of the
> items I track
> is whether the backup was successful the previous night, or how
> long since a
> backup has occured.  Obviously, our MIS_10 is now gone, so it is
> not backing
> up anymore.  So, 3 things need to happen.  MIS_10 needs to be removed from
> the backup set, I need to archive the last good backup indefinitely, and I
> need to disable all future backups.
>
> Any ideas as to how to accomplish this?
>
>
> Jerald Sheets, Systems Analyst TIS
> Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
> 5000 Hennessy Blvd, Baton Rouge, LA 70808
> Ph.225.765.8734..Fax.225.765.8784
> E-mail: jsheets AT ololrmc DOT com
>