Sure you have data on those volumes, but you would never use the volhist file to do anything with them. The current wisdom suggests keeping these entries for as long as you keep your db backups. I'm with you, that seemed extreme so I use 30 days. Wanda Prather also had input on this and suggests that 30 days is good as well. ( I love quoting her. And I'm probably wrong about her numbers but who will check?)
Delete away. That large file is a pain the arse. Especially when you have DRM. Kelly J. Lipp Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc. PO Box 51313 Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313 (719) 531-5926 Fax: (240) 539-7175 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.storsol.com www.storserver.com -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew A. Bacchi Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 7:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: volhist file extremely large Folks, I have seen some posts concerning this in the past, but I don't have a good feeling about my options. I have a volumeshistory file that is around 5 megs, and entries that go back to 1997. What I want to know is, how do I know for sure that I can delete a particular entry? Kelly mentioned that he does a "delete volhist type=all todate=today-30" but that seems a little extreme to me. I believe that I have volumes that have data on them for much longer than 30 days. I am pretty sure they haven't had data on them for 4 years, but I'll bet it is closer to 6 months. What do you guys do to verify that the volumehistory entry can be deleted? I suppose I can write a script, but wanted some input first. Thanks in advance. -Matt /** ** Matt Bacchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** IBM Global Services SDC Northeast ** F6TG; MD Filesystems/Internet (802) 769-4072 ** ADSM & AFS/DFS Backup (tie) 446-4072 **/
