On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 10:00:09AM -0600, Collins, Brenda wrote:
> The q occ only provides the total space.  The select command I was using 
> shows actual dates.
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> Select node_name,backup_date from backups where node_name='xxxxxx'
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> This tells me there are backups out there from almost a year ago when their 
> scripts are designed to delete backups older than 45 days.  When the DBA 
> tried to delete them, he received the error message below.
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> Brenda

The db2 node running the scripts needs to have backupdel=yes authority
I believe.  That is the way our oracle, sql, and db2 TDP nodes are set up,
since the recovery programs actually manage the data retention, not the
TSM server policies..

update node <nodename> backupdel=yes

Should fix you up.

hth,

bob