some thoughts... delete archive delete backup perhaps delete filesystem expire inventory it will not be removed from any of your db backups... and, I think, scratch tape reuse....(how quick are tapes returned to scratch status...this IS a parm...and settable...if you reuse tapes quicker than 7 days, then your 7 day old db backup is not very useful...if the data is moved around...(migration? reclaimation?).
FYI -----Original Message----- From: Scott Foley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2002 4:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: How do you Shred a document from TSM? We have the need to be able to completely delete (shred) a document. Once shredded, it can't be restored. I need to be able to remove it from all the tape pools, disk pools, off site tapes, off site databases, archive tapes etc. Is this possible? If I delete the document from the database (how is this done), how do I then delete it from the seven backup databases that are stored off site? I do not want to wait a week until they are replaced with new database backup tapes. Is deleting it from the database enough? Is there anyway to get the document off of a tape (or disk pool) once removed from the database? Once a tape is assigned to a scratch pool, but not used, can it be returned to its previous status or is it effectively erased? Thanks for any help, Scott Foley Part time TSM admin