Agreed. I don't think you can predict which ones you can do at once; I think it has to do with which data base pages are involved. You don't even need a shell script to do it; you can select your volumes like this:
select 'delete volume ', volume_name, 'discarddata=y' 'wait=yes' from volumes where (blah) and TSM will generate the delete statements for you! Then you can just run it as a macro. -----Original Message----- From: Ray Baughman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 10:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How many volumes can I delete at once? I never delete more than one at a time. If I have multiple volumes to delete, I write a shell script to delete them one at time, using delete volume xxxx discarddata=y wait=yes. I've found this is the fastest way to delete multiple volumes even if the volumes are from different storage pools. Ray Baughman National Machinery LLC > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Joe Howell > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 9:38 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How many volumes can I delete at once? > > > I have to delete some volumes from a copy storage pool. I have > attempted to delete as many as four volumes at once (del vol xxxx > discarddata=yes) and had deadlock problems. How many volumes > should I expect to be able to process at once? TSM 5.1.5 on OS/390. > > > Joe Howell > Shelter Insurance Companies > Columbia, MO > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search >
