If you know which *EXACTLY* file you want to delete from TSM you can try
the following:
dsmc -virtualnode=<RMAN node>
dsmc> expire <the file in question>
or
dsmc> expire -filelist=<a list>
Later some tweaking of verd and reto may speed up the expiration.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant




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Subject:        Deleting old TDP for Oracle backups

Hello

I have old TDP for Oracle backups that I want to get rid of. This being
the first time I used TDPO, I didn't use a nodename for each database, I
used a nodename for each
server. So now I have 3 or 4 databases using the same nodename. SOme of
these databases have since disappeared and I am stuck with the backups.
The Oracle admin can't
seem to figure out how to get RMAN to delete the backups and since they
are in the active state, they will never expire. I've opened a PMR on this
and I'm hoping for a
miracle. That Share request about being able to delete 1 file from backups
and not only a filespace seems to me would be migty handy here.

If anyone out there in TSM land has a recipe, please share.

Thanks

Guillaume Gilbert
CGI Canada