Greetings,
We are running TSM 5.4.3.0 on a bunch of remote Windows TSM servers.
Every day running their run of the Daily processing, they do a "PREPARE
DEVCL=MDCTSM02_CLASS" to send their prepare output to another TSM server
called "mdctsm02", which is in a distant city. This city is the DR site
for these remote sites. It is also running 5.4.3.0, under AIX 5.3ML6.
One thing I just noticed is that TSM does not seem to be removing old
versions of the RPFiles. Please look at the output below:
tsm: HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1>q rpfile devcl=mdctsm02_class
Recovery Plan File Name Node Name Device Class
Name
-------------------------------- ----------------------
--------------------
MDCTSM02.20070804.070832 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20080611.064125 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20080612.064036 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090412.063058 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090818.064350 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090819.064419 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090820.064440 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090821.070724 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090822.064907 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090823.070331 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090824.064010 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090825.064900 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090826.064517 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090827.064811 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090828.065536 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090829.064838 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090830.063943 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090831.064027 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090901.064827 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090902.064823 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090903.064508 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090904.065014 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090905.065024 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090906.064003 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090907.064032 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090908.064453 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090909.064551 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090910.064847 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090911.065003 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090912.064854 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090913.064845 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090914.064819 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090915.064653 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090916.065214 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090917.064727 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090918.064940 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090919.064905 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090920.064241 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
MDCTSM02.20090921.064327 HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1 MDCTSM02_CLASS
tsm: HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1>q drmstatus
Recovery Plan Prefix:
Plan Instructions Prefix:
Replacement Volume Postfix: @
Primary Storage Pools: TAPEPOOL
Copy Storage Pools: COPYPOOL
Not Mountable Location Name: NOTMOUNTABLE
Courier Name: COURIER
Vault Site Name: VAULT
DB Backup Series Expiration Days: 5 Day(s)
Recovery Plan File Expiration Days: 5 Day(s)
Check Label?: No
Process FILE Device Type?: No
Command File Name:
tsm: HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1>
tsm: HTSP-TSM1_SERVER1>delete volhist todate=-14 type=rpfile
Do you wish to proceed? (Yes (Y)/No (N)) y
ANR2467I DELETE VOLHISTORY: 0 sequential volume history entries were
successfully deleted.
Even when I manually issue a 'delete volhist' command, the old plan
files are not being deleted. At first I thought that I was
misunderstanding the action for 'delete vohist type=rpfile', but I also
issued the same command from the target server mdctsm02, and I got the
same result. They are not being deleted.
Can anyone explain to me what I am doing wrong?
Best Regards,
John D. Schneider
The Computer Coaching Community, LLC
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