Mark Stapleton wrote: > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 12/02/2005 > 07:23:35 AM: > >>I've created my DB on a drive that will not be big enough for very much >>longer, so would like to move it to another drive, preferably without >>restoring it. >> >>I've reduced the db and see the following on one DB-Volume: >>Volume Name (Copy 1): D:\TSMDATA\DB\D3904869.DBV >> Copy Status: Sync'd >>Available Space (MB): 8,640 >>Allocated Space (MB): 0 >> Free Space (MB): 8,640 >> >>1. Does this mean I can delete this DB-volume? > > > Possibly. Please refer to the administrator's guide appropriate for the > level of TSM you are using for instructions on how to modify your db > volume structure. >
I have noticed that (at least in recent versions of TSM) del dbvol is quite a safe command. The volume won't be actually deleted if it contains any data.... > >>2. Can I "defrag" a DB-Volume somehow? > > > The first question you should ask is: what makes you think you need to? > I actually found an excuse for doing a unload/load operation (and you all know I think defragging a db is completely useless). The only case I can think of is when you permanently delete huge amounts of file from a db and in the end will want to be able to reduce the db. In my case, I'll be removing about 400 million backup files from a db, but will be keeping that db as my configuration master (and only that). After I've removed all node data from th db, I'll do a unload/load so I can reduce the db... (by abut 200 GB). > -- > Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains > information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy > laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the > intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from > retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this > information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have > received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank > you in advance for your cooperation. > ============================================================================== -- Met vriendelijke groeten, Remco Post SARA - Reken- en Netwerkdiensten http://www.sara.nl High Performance Computing Tel. +31 20 592 3000 Fax. +31 20 668 3167 "I really didn't foresee the Internet. But then, neither did the computer industry. Not that that tells us very much of course - the computer industry didn't even foresee that the century was going to end." -- Douglas Adams