Bill, By 'current nodes' I mean ones we are backing up daily, not ones retired but somehow still in the database.
I had misread or misremembered the description of what happens when a management class is deleted, and expected any files, inactive or active, bound to a deleted to be rebound to the default management class for the domain, etc. In a hurry, I couldn't find the documentation on that to clarify the behavior. I did run the query you suggested; select ll_name, state, backup_date, deactivate_date, class_name from backups where node_name = '<node-name>' The result was 'ANR2034E SELECT: No match found using this criteria'. This makes me wonder whether the original query had a, subtle to me but glaring to others, logic error. I am now running a simpler query; "select node_name from backups where class_name = '<mystery_class>'". It may run for awhile, so I am sending this ahead in hope of additional suggestions. With my thanks, Keith Arbogast
