Just a thought: Restore the files to another server, run a backup, whack the files. Then your standard retention period for that server/directory as defined in your mgt class will apply.
For instance, we would do this by restoring this to one of our Netapps and then backing it up. At least the data would be there, dunno about how it'd handle any system object data... HTH, Mike Bantz Systems Administrator Research Systems, Inc -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Brown Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: tsm and old nodes i have a number of tsm clients that no longer exist physically, either the server was replaced and node name is different on new server or the server was merged with another server i want to keep the data but i have noticed that these clients still occupy a license. i have in a few cases, exported the node, deleted the file space, deleted the node and marked the tape in the event i ever have to get data of it via the inport function is this the best way to handle this kind of situation how do others handle this i tried once to reallocate the old filespace so that the new server had references to the old filespace and the current filespace. that process is too cumbersome i have some more nodes that dont exist any more and i was going to export them like i did the others Tim Brown Systems Specialist Central Hudson Gas & Electric 284 South Ave Poughkeepsie, NY 12601 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: 845-486-5643 Fax: 845-486-5921
