Hi Testa

The trick "force=yes"  did it .....

Thanks to all

Regards Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Giacomo Testa
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 10:16 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DBS vault volume question

Hi Robert,

As Stefan said, DRM (Disaster Recovery Manager) should be able to handle all 
the media state changes automatically.

If, otherwise, you just want to stop using DRM and recover all the tapes, the 
problem is that it's not possible to delete the last db snapshot backup, at 
least not officially.
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21083952

There is the undocumented option force=yes for the delete volhistory command.
It's undocumented, so be sure that deleting this last db snapshot is really 
what you want to do, and double check before launching the command.
https://www.mail-archive.com/adsm-l AT vm.marist DOT edu/msg85767.html

Steps:
1) Check that this is the last and only db snapshot backup q volh ty=dbs
2) Delete the volume from volhistory
del volh ty=dbs todate=today force=yes


Giacomo Testa

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Stefan Folkerts
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2017 14:50
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] DBS vault volume question

Hi Robert,

That's not the way you get vault tape back from the vault.
DR will put vault tapes in vault retrieve for you, you don't have to do that by 
yourself, it's will adhere to this setting ( 
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSEQVQ_8.1.3/srv.reference/r_cmd_drmdbbackupexpiredays_set.html
).
So if you set that to 3 (I think the minimum value) the system will put the dbs 
you have offsite in vaultretrieve after that time, then you can place it in 
courierretrieve or go straight to onsiteretrieve.

Make sure you align the value above with the reuse delay of the copypool(s) you 
manage with drm.

Regards,
   Stefan


On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 10:56 AM, rouzen AT univ.haifa.ac DOT il < rouzen AT 
univ.haifa.ac DOT il> wrote:

> Hi to all
>
> I run the query:     q drmedia * source=dbs
>
> Got this output
>
> Volume Name          State                 Last Update Date/Time
> Automated LibName
> ----------------     -----------------     -------------------
>                ----------------
> 000055L5                     Vault                  08/04/2017 19:37:13
>
> Want to delete this volume 00055L5   but NO success ….
>
> I check the query:     q drmstatus
>
> Protect: ADSM2>q drmstatus
>
>               Recovery Plan Prefix:
>           Plan Instructions Prefix:
>         Replacement Volume Postfix: @
>              Primary Storage Pools:
>                 Copy Storage Pools:
>          Active-Data Storage Pools:
>       Container Copy Storage Pools:
>        Not Mountable Location Name: Offsite DataBank
>                       Courier Name: COURIER
>                    Vault Site Name: Databank
>   DB Backup Series Expiration Days: 0 Day(s) Recovery Plan File 
> Expiration Days: 60 Day(s)
>                       Check Label?: Yes
>          Process FILE Device Type?: No
>                  Command File Name:
>
> I cannot succeed to bring the state of this volume to  VAULTRETREIVE
>
> Run the command:      move drmedia  000055L5 source=dbs
> wherestate=vaultretrieve tostate=onsiteretrieve
>
> But nothing happen !
>
> Any suggestion ….
>
> Best  Regards
>
> Robert
>
>
>
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