Thanks for that document - its a missing part in the log handling puzzle.
What do you think triggers the deleting of the archive logs - backup db or 
backup volhist?
I would guess  backup volhist and sort the admin schedules accordingly.

Kind regards
Stefan Holzwarth



> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] Im 
> Auftrag von Erwann Simon
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 29. September 2009 11:30
> An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Betreff: Re: TSM 6.1.2 DB Archivelog handling
> 
> Hi,
> 
> See also this technote : 
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21399352
> It's been said that TSM also needs to sucessefully write its 
> volhist?out 
> (volhist.dat now !) file in order to allow deletion of archived logs, 
> even if the DB backup was sucessfull.
> The volhist.dat file is now required for restoring the TSM DB.
> 
> --
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
> 
> 
> Grigori Solonovitch a écrit :
> > You need to run at least 2 full backups to clean the both 
> log and arc
> > 
> > Grigori G. Solonovitch
> > 
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] 
> On Behalf Of Stefan Holzwarth
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:30 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: [ADSM-L] TSM 6.1.2 DB Archivelog handling
> > 
> > We just started our new TSM 6 environment and are having problems
> > controlling amount of archived log files.
> > I could not find any parameter for setting retention or number of
> > logfiles in first and/or second archlog directory.
> > Also full dbbackups do not remove any of that files.
> > 
> > What do I miss?
> > 
> > Kind regards
> > Stefan Holzwarth
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