I spoke with IBM support concerning this matter and William is right. Apparently since the Full backup tapes are not going offsite, the DRM is technically not managing them, so it is ok to use the delete volhist for those. I have setup a schedule to do this once per day, starting today. All the sites have got back about 40-50 scratch tapes...YAY!!
Mel Dennis -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 9:55 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Database backup tapes taking over OK...but I was under the impression that you could not set a DB backup expire in DRM AND run a 'delete volhist type=dbb'. Just trying to help, but if I'm wrong, I stand corrected. :) -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Boyer Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 6:55 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Database backup tapes taking over According to his original email, the DBBackup tapes stay ONSITE. For the DBBackup tapes to be expired via DRM and expiration they need to be OFFSITE. He'll have to use the DEL VOLHIST command if he keeps them onsite. Bill Boyer "Some days you're the bug, some days you're the windshield" - ?? -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bell, Charles (Chip) Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 12:19 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Database backup tapes taking over In DRM, you need to set a value for 'DB Backup Series Expiration Days', I think with the 'set drmdbbackupexpiredays xx', xx being the number of days you wish to retain db backups offsite before returning. Hope this helps! Once you run this command, you will get those tapes back. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Melburn W IT743 Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 10:30 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Database backup tapes taking over I have noticed that ever since I started using the DRM, alot of my TSM servers have been steadily decreasing in scratch tapes by alot. My servers are scheduled to run a Full Database backup once per day, with a a Database Snapshot once per week. The full database copies stay on site, while the snapshot gets sent off site weekly. I have the database expire variable in the DRM set to 14 days. The question I have is why do all my sites have like 40-60 database tapes, when there should only be 14. Am I doing something wrong? Mel Dennis ----------------------------------------- Confidentiality Notice: The information contained in this email message is privileged and confidential information and intended only for the use of the individual or entity named in the address. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this information is strictly prohibited. If you received this information in error, please notify the sender and delete this information from your computer and retain no copies of any of this information.
