Re: Deleting a portion of a filespace
Luke, Other's have suggested ways to delete a portion of a filespace. Please allow me to also point out that setting a very high VerExists and VerDeleted wastes lots of processing time. For every file TSM has to go to its database and count how many versions there are. If you really want unlimited versions then use the keyword "nolimit". When TSM sees that it realizes that it doesn't need to count, and just stores this version. Have fun! Kai. -Original Message- From: Luke Dahl To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 6/5/02 5:39 PM Subject: Deleting a portion of a filespace Hi All, Client version: 4.2.1.0 Client OS: Solaris 5.6 Server OS: Solaris 8 TSM Server Version: 4.2.1.15 We have a NFS mounted NetApp filer that retains their critical data. The data is is library with a number of different subdirectories for each project. They require we keep all data forever until they specify it may be deleted. They've asked us to set up verexists and verdeleted . Being TSM views the mount "/data" as one filespace, I'm wondering if we can purge a portion of that filespace when they approve it. For example a subdirectory may be /data/mars02lib/... After the project has been terminated they would like us to delete the mars02lib but still retain all of the other libraries under /data. Any suggestions/advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks! Luke Dahl NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
Re: Deleting a portion of a filespace
Luke, it can be done but it is a multi step process involving both the server and the client. Do this before the data is deleted from the client. 1. In the server make a new mgmtclass called DELETE_NOW. Set the backup copygroup numbers to their lowest allowed values - 1,0,0,0 (vere, rete, verd, reto). Activate the policyset. 2. Go to the client and add an include statement - include /data/mars02lib/.../* DELETE_NOW 3. Run an incremental. 4. delete the data from the client. 5. run an incremental 6. run expire inventory Do you think your done? Not yet! This process only cleans up files that still existed on the client. Files that were deleted from the client were not rebound. To clean them up, do a SQL select to find the path and name. Turn the output into a script to make dummy versions of these files on the client. Then go back to step 3. You can also get the names from DSMC on the client - q ba /data/mars02lib/* - su=y -ina >out.file Good luck, Bill At 07:39 PM 6/5/2002, you wrote: >Hi All, >Client version: 4.2.1.0 >Client OS: Solaris 5.6 >Server OS: Solaris 8 >TSM Server Version: 4.2.1.15 > >We have a NFS mounted NetApp filer that retains their critical data. >The data is is library with a number of different subdirectories for >each project. They require we keep all data forever until they specify >it may be deleted. They've asked us to set up verexists and >verdeleted . Being TSM views the mount "/data" as one filespace, >I'm wondering if we can purge a portion of that filespace when they >approve it. For example a subdirectory may be /data/mars02lib/... >After the project has been terminated they would like us to delete the >mars02lib but still retain all of the other libraries under /data. Any >suggestions/advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks! > >Luke Dahl >NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory >818-354-7117 -- Bill Colwell C. S. Draper Lab Cambridge Ma.
Re: Deleting a portion of a filespace
Luke, you can define virtual filespaces using VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT option. They would become separate filespaces on TSM server's DB and you can use DELete FIlespace command later. The other possible approach is to re-bind *all* files from than directory *before* deletetion to a class with verdeleted=0. Zlatko Krastev IT Consultant Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by:"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:Deleting a portion of a filespace Hi All, Client version: 4.2.1.0 Client OS: Solaris 5.6 Server OS: Solaris 8 TSM Server Version: 4.2.1.15 We have a NFS mounted NetApp filer that retains their critical data. The data is is library with a number of different subdirectories for each project. They require we keep all data forever until they specify it may be deleted. They've asked us to set up verexists and verdeleted . Being TSM views the mount "/data" as one filespace, I'm wondering if we can purge a portion of that filespace when they approve it. For example a subdirectory may be /data/mars02lib/... After the project has been terminated they would like us to delete the mars02lib but still retain all of the other libraries under /data. Any suggestions/advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks! Luke Dahl NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
Deleting a portion of a filespace
Hi All, Client version: 4.2.1.0 Client OS: Solaris 5.6 Server OS: Solaris 8 TSM Server Version: 4.2.1.15 We have a NFS mounted NetApp filer that retains their critical data. The data is is library with a number of different subdirectories for each project. They require we keep all data forever until they specify it may be deleted. They've asked us to set up verexists and verdeleted . Being TSM views the mount "/data" as one filespace, I'm wondering if we can purge a portion of that filespace when they approve it. For example a subdirectory may be /data/mars02lib/... After the project has been terminated they would like us to delete the mars02lib but still retain all of the other libraries under /data. Any suggestions/advice would be highly appreciated. Thanks! Luke Dahl NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory 818-354-7117
