Would this also be applicable if all data was going directly to tape? and data is being archived for 3 and 8 years?
-----Original Message----- From: Maurice van 't Loo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 11:03 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: volhist file extremely large Matthew, We use a "delete volhist type=all todate=today-14", the tapes that contains data will not be deleted from the volhist. The onlyest concern is the database backups and exports. As i know, if you keep the database backups only for 2 days and no exports, you can even use 3 days for the volhist. Greetings, Maurice van 't Loo Compare Computers The Netherlands ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew A. Bacchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 3:39 PM Subject: volhist file extremely large Folks, I have seen some posts concerning this in the past, but I don't have a good feeling about my options. I have a volumeshistory file that is around 5 megs, and entries that go back to 1997. What I want to know is, how do I know for sure that I can delete a particular entry? Kelly mentioned that he does a "delete volhist type=all todate=today-30" but that seems a little extreme to me. I believe that I have volumes that have data on them for much longer than 30 days. I am pretty sure they haven't had data on them for 4 years, but I'll bet it is closer to 6 months. What do you guys do to verify that the volumehistory entry can be deleted? I suppose I can write a script, but wanted some input first. Thanks in advance. -Matt /** ** Matt Bacchi [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** IBM Global Services SDC Northeast ** F6TG; MD Filesystems/Internet (802) 769-4072 ** ADSM & AFS/DFS Backup (tie) 446-4072 **/
