>I have some servers that we are end of lifeing.  But I don't want to trash
>their data, and no further backups would be done.
>It can 'age off' gracefully, that is OK.

Aging off could happen only if the node administrators had the foresight to
perform a final backup with the original file system emptied, or by deleting
the original file system and momentarily substituting an empty in its name-
place for a final backup: only then would all the Active files go Inactive
and begin aging.  But age-out would still occur only if policies include
age-oriented retention.

Consider doing an Export to rid the stgpools and database of the obsolete
data, and eject the Export tapes from your library to free slots for viable
nodes - providing that restorals are not anticipated.

  Richard Sims,  http://people.bu.edu/rbs