Have you tried adding DEVCLASS?  This is what I use....

DELETE VOLHIST TODATE=TODAY TYPE=DBSNAPSHOT DEVCLASS=EARTH


On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 10:06 AM, Jeanne Bruno <JBruno AT cenhud DOT com> wrote:

> Hello.  I work with Tim.
>
> No, the Volume Seq goes up to Volume Seq: 10,019.  We want to delete all
> of them actually.
>
> Also, yes, we tried todate=today-5 and also more specifically
> todate=05/24/2013 totime=05:11:32
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Ehresman,David E.
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:47 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] delete volhist for dbsnapshots
>
> Is that the complete output from " q volh t=dbs", i.e. is there only one
> snapshot backup?
>
> TSM won't delete the last db backup of a given type without a force action.
>
> David
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Tim Brown
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 9:36 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] delete volhist for dbsnapshots
>
> Issuing this command doesn't delete any vol historys for dbsnapshots
>
> tsm: TSMPOK_SERVER1>del volh type=dbsnapshot todate=today-6
>
> Do you wish to proceed? (Yes (Y)/No (N)) y ANR2467I DELETE VOLHISTORY: 0
> sequential volume history entries were successfully deleted.
>
>
> tsm: TSMPOK_SERVER1>q volh t=dbs
>
>                                  Date/Time: 05/24/2013 05:11:32
>                                Volume Type: DBSNAPSHOT
>                              Backup Series: 9
>                           Backup Operation: 0
>                                 Volume Seq: 10,001
>                               Device Class: NBGCLASS
>                                Volume Name: TSMNBG.DSS.369386678
>                            Volume Location: TSMNBG
>                                    Command:
>                    Database Backup ID High: 0
>                     Database Backup ID LOW: 0
>              Database Backup Home Position: 0
>                        Database Backup HLA:
>                        Database Backup LLA:
>     Database Backup Total Data Bytes (MB) : 0
>      Database Backup total Log Bytes (MB) : 0
>             Database Backup Block Num High: 0
>              Database Backup Block Num Low: 0
>                  Database Backup Stream Id: 1 Database Backup Volume
> Sequence for Stream: 10,001
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim Brown
> Supervisor Computer Operations
> Central Hudson Gas & Electric
>



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