Hi Zoltan, 


I assume that you are using a device class with DEVTYPE=SERVER, is it so?

If so, have you looked at the DELgraceperiod option in the DEF SERVER command?

Regards, 
Paul

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
Sent: dinsdag 21 december 2010 16:18
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Managing/deleting DBSNAPSHOTs

We have setup a small, offsite TSM server to function as a repository of
across-the-wire DBSNAPSHOT database backups for our production TSM
servers.  We want each server to perform daily dbsnapshot backups to this
server.  Since the offsite server currently has limited disk space
(2-dbsnapshots for all servers), we need to expire/purge the previous
dbsnapshot-1 before we can perform another dbsnapshot.

I have everything configured and the dbsnapshots work as expected.

My problem is this.  How to I get the dbsnapshots to expire/go away on the
offsite server?  What controls the expiration of the dbsnapshots?  I have
run "delete volhist devclass todate=today-1 type=dbsnapshot" commands and
it says they are deleted but the space is not release on the offsite
server?  I have had to perform manual "delete filespace ... type=server"
on the offsite server but that deletes everything in the filespace.

What am I missing?
Zoltan Forray
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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