Nicolas, You might have ACTIVE files on those tapes - ie: they havent changed since they were put on there?
...deon --- Have you looked at the A/NZ Tivoli User Group website? http://www.tuganz.org Deon George, Customer Support Account Engineer, IBM Australia Office: +61 3 9626 6058, Fax: +61 3 9626 6622, Mobile: +61 412 366 816, IVPN +70 66058 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.ibm.com/tivoli Nicolas Savva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/08/2003 07:48 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Delete expired files from tapes Hi to all, I have the following backup copy groups defined: Policy Domain Name BWDOMAIN Policy Set Name BWPOLICYSET_DAILY Mgmt Class Name BWMGMT Copy Group Name STANDARD Versions Data Exists 4 Versions Data Deleted 1 Retain Extra Versions 4 Retain Only Version 1 Copy Mode MODIFIED Copy Serialization SHRSTATIC Copy Frequency 0 Copy Destination 3590STGPOOL Last Update Date/Time 2003-07-28 11:12:06.000000 Last Update by ADMIN (administrator) Managing profile - Files are backed up onto 3590 tapes using 3494 tape library. I noticed that there are files onto tapes that should be expired and deleted from the tapes. I am running expiration process every day. Any ideas why the expired files are keep on reside onto tapes? Thanks in advance Nick ************************************************************************************ Privileged/Confidential information may be contained in this message and may be subject to legal privilege. Access to this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), you may not use, copy, distribute or deliver to anyone this message (or any part of its contents) or take any action in reliance on it. In such case, you should destroy this message, and notify us immediately. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail or telephone and delete the e-mail from any computer. If you or your employer does not consent to internet e-mail messages of this kind, please notify us immediately. All reasonable precautions have been taken to ensure no viruses are present in this e-mail. As we cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this e-mail or attachments we recommend that you subject these to your virus checking procedures prior to use. The views, opinions, conclusions and other information expressed in this electronic mail are not given or endorsed by Laiki Group unless otherwise indicated by an authorised representative independent of this message. ************************************************************************************
