1) Sorry I don't know; I just use del volh type=dbb todate= and it works fine. Remember you CAN"T delete the most recent DB backup.
If you want to do your FILE backups in parallel with TAPE dbb backups, you can change one of them to DBSNAPSHOT instead of DBBACKUP, that might make it easier to manage them separately. 2) The DSMSERV RESTORE DB command is described in detail in the ADMIN reference. It's in a separate section in the back, so check the index for DSMSERV RESTORE DB. If you are restoring on the existing system and the VOLUMEHISTORY file is intact, you don't have to specify the .dbb filename at all; TSM will find the DEVCLASS name and .dbb filename in your volhistory file and use it automagically when you run the DSMSERV RESTORE DB command (that's what the volhistory file is for!). If you are restoring in an offsite disaster recovery situation or for some other reason don't want to rely on the information in the VOLUMEHISTORY file, you can specify the .dbb filename. There is really no difference in using the .dbb files for restore than if you were using tape volumes. Anywhere you would use a tape volser, you just substitute the .dbb filename as the volume name, for example: dsmserv restore db volume=d:\pathname\filename.dbb devclass=dbfile commit=see doc for requirements -----Original Message----- From: Michel David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 6:44 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Thank you Wanda Karel Richard etc You are all GOOOOOD ! I use TSM 3.7.4 on NT. If I wanted to delete some dbb volumes I used del volh type=dbb todate=.... 1) For now if I want to delete these FILE DBB, which instruction fo I have to use ? The Help on Del Volh is incomplete about the DEVCLASS=..... and the use of this function with the parameter DEVCLASS returns an error. 2) If I want to restore a damaged DB I have to use RESTORE DB ? But there is no such function in the help. What is the exact syntax and how can I use the FILE-DEVCLASS DBB volumes to do it ? Thank you TSM'ers Michel DAVID MARNET __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Find a job, post your resume. http://careers.yahoo.com
