Yes, you are right, the files will be backed up as if they vere new on the client. Besides, under circumstances you are not right with the premise "with no chance of recovery". If the volume deleted belongs to a primary pool and had been backed up by the meands of "backup storage pool", than you can restore the files. regards juraj salak -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Alan Davenport [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet am: Freitag, 27. April 2001 16:21 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: Ramifications of Delete Volume as pertains to next backup cycle. I have a question regarding what happens after a "DELETE VOL XXXXX DISCARD=YES" is issued. It is not about what happens to the data on the tape. I realize that the data is then gone with no chance of recovery. My question is what does *SM do during the next backup cycle. Will *SM see the files that were previously backed up on the tape as new files on the client and then back them up again? Thank you, Al
