Last month Paul Seay posted a select script that looks for orphans like this. Most of mine also show up as DbB on the q libv, but don't show up pn the q volh. I think they're the volumes mounted when the triggered "ba db" command doesn't finish before the log fills.
Quoting David Longo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Try just checking it out of the library and checking it > back in as a Scratch tape. I've fixed one or two that way. > > David Longo > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/01/02 05:17PM >>> > It appears I have an "orphaned" database tape in my > primary storage pool. A q libvol shows the tape as a > DbBackup. However, it doesn't appear anywhere else (q > drmedia, q volume, VolumeHistory) that I can think to > look. > > I've quizzed my old DRM plan file copies, it first > showed up last year in June or July in the > DEVICE.CONFIGURATION.FILE section, but not in the > VOLUME.HISTORY section. Ever since then it has been > listed in the DEVICE.CONFIGURATION.FILE section. > > So .... what happened? Is it safe to get rid of it? > Is there any other way that I can tell what it is and > when it was created? > > Thanks, > M. > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > "MMS <health-first.org>" made the following > annotations on 10/01/2002 05:51:33 PM > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain > confidential, proprietary, or legally privileged information. No > confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If > you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all > copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it, and notify the > sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, > print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended > recipient. Health First reserves the right to monitor all e-mail > communications through its networks. Any views or opinions expressed in this > message are solely those of the individual sender, except (1) where the > message states such views or opinions are on behalf of a particular entity; > and (2) the sender is authorized by the entity to give such views or > opinions. > > ============================================================================== > Fred Johanson
