delete vol VOLUMEID discarddata=yes

should handle it. ...

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Heynes [mailto:mheynes AT ADAM.CO DOT UK]
Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 10:38 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Database tapes



Guy's
        Can someone tell me the easiest way to copy a database tape and
then delete the record of it from TSM.

What I'm after is creating a copy of the database so that we can test
some recovery procedures off site
 but want to be able to just wipe the tape at the end rather than return
it to the TSM server

Thanks in advance

Mark