Wanda Prather wrote re deleting a single file from a tape

>>C. Next, set up the client's dsm.opt to include ONLY the targeted file
>>and exclude all others
>>include /path/file <newmgmtclass>
.
>>D. Run a backup. When the backup completes, run expiration.

Wanda,
Maybe I'm having a senior moment, but if you do a backup excluding all
other files, isn't that the same to TSM
as deleting them all from the client so they become inactive and expire
according to their management classes.
John


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