Consider this noted.

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
The command line is your friend.
"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-03-10
13:20:01:

> YES, I supposed I should have pointed that out.
>
> The original poster asked how to find what tape a specific file is on.
> I was posting the contents of the original IBM TECHNOTE that explain how
> to do that with a SHOW command.
>
> I believe as you do that steps  C. and D. in the TECHNOTE are  VERY
> (DANGEROUSLY) incorrect.
> I will try to find the right person in IBM to get that corrected.
>
> Wanda
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> John Naylor
> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 4:09 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Need a script
>
>
> 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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