Tony, If you run deleted volshitory ( "Del volhistory t=dbbackup todate=today-1,,,") , then you do not require to re-init or delete any of the DB tapes physically, The tape labels can be re-used if they are older than the date that you specified in todate option. Otherwise, system will tell you the tape label is busy, you cannot do the backup using this label. Look the help text on Del Volhistory, and Backup DB)
THx Rosa Leung Tony W <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TW> cc: Sent by: "ADSM: Subject: TSM database full backup to tape question Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] .EDU> 12/21/2002 10:05 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" Hi everybody: our tsm server database need full backup to 4mm tape with weekly. my question is how to delete old backup tape and reuse it. Thank Tony W