On Feb 11, 2009, at 7:26 AM, Hana Darzi wrote:
Can I read TSN backup/archive client tape without tsm database. I need delete archive files that maybe on the tape, and I do not have Database . Is it any utility?
You might be able to physically read data from TSM tapes, depending upon tape vs. drive compatibilities, compression, and encryption; but you'd be hard-pressed to identify the right tape to read, or position to the right spot. Tapes are not like disks: you don't delete files from within them. TSM expires data by eliminating its knowledge of file locations on tapes, but the data stays on the tapes until the tapes are re-used. If you need to wipe data from a tape, your choices are to write over the tape or physically destroy the tape. Richard Sims
