John, That's pretty much the command I used, displayed in the actlog below...
Cheers, -- Paul John Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 14/01/2003 22:29: Paul, You could try del volh tod=today vol=xxxxxx type=backupset force=yes (only the first volume in sequence is required the others will delete automatically) Paul Ripke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 01/13/2003 06:58:04 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: John Naylor/HAV/SSE) Subject: Error during "delete volhistory" Anyone know how to delete multi-volume backupsets from volhistory? BTW, server is 4.1.3.0 (waiting on my spare time for an upgrade...) tsm: BHPS>q volhist ty=backupset Date/Time: 09/19/02 12:34:34 Volume Type: BACKUPSET Backup Series: Backup Operation: Volume Seq: 1 Device Class: 3590 Volume Name: SP0064 Volume Location: Command: generate backupset ISDWOL-ES2 es2-fdrive \\isdwol-es2\f$ devcla=3590 scrat=y retent=90 Date/Time: 09/19/02 12:34:34 ... Date/Time: 09/19/02 12:34:34 Volume Type: BACKUPSET Backup Series: Backup Operation: Volume Seq: 9 Device Class: 3590 Volume Name: SP0469 Volume Location: Command: Actlog output looks ominous: ANR2017I Administrator WERIPP issued command: DELETE VOLHISTORY typ=backupset volu=SP0064 force=yes todate=today ANR9999D tb.c(2029): Invalid Encoded Key Length ANR0106E imarqry.c(3069): Unexpected error 100 fetching row in table "Archive.Descriptions". ANR9999D icvolhst.c(3473): Volume SP0064 initially found no longer exists during volume deletion. ANR2468E DELETE VOLHISTORY: An internal server error was encountered while deleting server sequential volume history information. ANR2017I Administrator WERIPP issued command: ROLLBACK Tried first and last tape of the series, with same results. A comma-separated list generated a "no such volume" type error. Cheers, -- Paul Ripke