Kurt, When deleting Rman objects on the TSM Server, TDP Oracle uses the delete function on objects....the objects do not move to inactive they are just simply deleted from the TSM Server. So if you are certain that Rman is deleting the objects from the controlfile, then my guess is that your TSM Node is not configured with "backdel=yes". One simple way to know what is going on during the deletion is to look in the tdpoerror.log this should tell you if the objects are being deleted or if there is an error occurring during the delete. Unfortunately, Oracle ignores errors that come from the delete functions so any error that TDP Oracle gives during deletion is lost, the only way to know for sure is the "tdpoerror.log"
Regards, Neil Rasmussen Software Development Data Protection for Oracle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kurt Beyers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> 10/13/2005 06:19 AM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To [email protected] cc Subject expiration Oracle backups Hello, My environment is the following: TSM 5.3.2 server on Windows2003 Sun Solaris 5.8 with Oracle 8.1.7.4 with a TSM BA client 5.3.x and the TDP for databases 5.3 The backup of the Oracle databases is already working. The metadata of the backups is written in the control files of the Oracle database. The backups are bound to a mgmt class with the correct settings (as every object receives a unique name in TSM). The expiration must first be done in Oracle with a script, eg expire the backups older than X days. Could anybody share a working script? I'm still struggling to get it working as it should. But how are the backups made inactive in the TSM database after they have been deleted in Oracle? The 'tdposync' tool only works when the metadata is stored in a recovery catalog database. And after a forced deletion of the backups in RMAN, they do not become inactive in TSM either. How can the metadata in the TSM database be synchronized with the metadata in Oracle (control file) . I know this must have been discussed in the past already, but a search of the old threads didn't clear it out yet. thanks a lot, Kurt
