Paul, Thanks sir! -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul_Dudley Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 5:28 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Deleting ALL tapes from a defunct TSM server from Volhist
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Deleting ALL tapes from a defunct TSM server from Volhist > > Back in 2008 there was a thread on forcing the deletion of individual > tapes from a defunct TSM server. > > > > http://www.adsm.org/lists/html/ADSM-L/2008-06/msg00068.html > > del volhist todate=today type=remote volume=A00229 force=yes > > I tried that and it worked as expected. > > Now I need to do it 483 more times. > > Is there a parameter that lets you designate which remote location to > delete from, so that all the volsers can be deleted at once? > > > > George Huebschman > Storage Support Team, Media Librarian > Legg Mason, LMTS George, If one of the servers you are backing up via TSM is a linux or unix server you should be able to create a shell script on that server to run that command. The script will need to have a "do" loop into which you can get it to read a list. It would need to start like this: #!/bin/ksh #Standard TSM Admin command. DSMADMC="/usr/bin/dsmadmc -id=admin -pa=XXXXXX -noconfirm " And then have a line something like this while read VOL do $DSMADMC " del volhist todate=today type=remote volume=$VOL force=yes " done < /tmp/nodelist Please check the syntax above before running as this is only a quick example... Regards Paul ANL DISCLAIMER This e-mail and any file attached is confidential, and intended solely to the named addressees. Any unauthorised dissemination or use is strictly prohibited. If you received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail from your system. Please do not copy, use or make reference to it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any person. IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.