You can use "move data" on the pool volumes to empty them. A very common way of empting the pools is to lower the migration thresholds. If you delete a volume there is no need to delete the file also, you can just re-add the volume and it will be empty, but you should avoid deleting volumes because you get into the tricky area of deleting data. Most places get very upset is a restore can not be completed. We rarely completely empty our disk pools. There is always some little something that is below the migration threshold. We do run backup storage pool against the disk pools to make sure that there is an off-site copy of the data.
Andy Huebner -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Tuncel Mutlu Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 8:47 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] emptying disk pool Hi gurus, I have a disk pool migrated once a day to a tape pool, but some data stays (capacity problems). Until I have solved that, every day I have to empty the disk pool deleting the data. Here are the questions: 1. Is there any way to empty the disk pool without deleting the volumes ? The only way I have found is to delete the volumes disgarding the data (after that re-creating them). 2. My TSM server is Windows 2003 based (TSM 5.5.3.0). When I delete a disk volume, the file in Windows stays there, I cannot create it again after that, so I have to manually delete the files from Windows and that create the volumes again. Is this the way it should be ? That prevents me from automating the operation with a script. Best Regards, Tuncel Mutlu ________________________________ [http://www.akbank.com/images/disclaimer.jpg]<http://www.akbank.com/disclaimer.asp> Bu e-posta ve muhtemel eklerinde verilen bilgiler kişiye özel ve gizli olup, yalnızca mesajda belirlenen alıcı ile ilgilidir. Size yanlışlıkla ulaşmışsa lütfen göndericiye bilgi veriniz, mesajı siliniz ve içeriğini başka bir kişiye açıklamayınız, herhangi bir ortama kopyalamayınız. Bu mesaj aksi sözleşme ile belirtilmedikçe herhangi bir finansal işlem teklifi, alımı, satımı veya herhangi bir havalenin teyidi gibi bankacılık işlemi yapılması amacını taşımamaktadır. Verilen tüm bilgilerin doğruluğu ve bütünlüğünün garantisi verilmemekte olup, önceden bildirilmeksizin değiştirilebilecektir. Bu mesajın içeriği Bankamızın resmi görüşlerini yansıtmayabileceğinden Akbank T.A.Ş. hiçbir hukuki sorumluluğu kabul etmez. This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies of this message and any attachments. Thank you.
