Deleting Volumes from a TSM STGPOOL

[rstockton]

I have 14,631 volumes I need to delete from a storage pool.  Is there a simple way to delete all of the volumes at one time?

Thanks,

Russell

[Justin Derrick]

Volumes will get deleted automatically when the data within them expires.  Why do you need to override that?  You risk deleting real data.

[rstockton]

Hi Justin.

This is part of a cleanup process from where our TSM was restructured and this is data from old stgpools that are no longer used or required. This includes data from the previous setup where data was stored in a different Tier structure and also data that was being backed up from an alternate server which is no longer possible or required. 


Thanks,

Russell

[Justin Derrick]

If I remember correctly, your storagepools were created with 'snaplock' deletion protection.  Unless you're talking about something else, those volumes can't be deleted until they expire naturally.

[rstockton]

I am working with the following old storage pools that are no longer used after the new process was setup. 

MEMPHIS             ONDCSP   
          Reclamation Type: Threshold

OD7YRCACHE      DISK 
          Reclamation Type:
           
ONDARC              LTO4CLASS 
         Reclamation Type: Threshold

ONDCSP              LTO4CLASS
         Reclamation Type: Threshold   

Thanks,
Russell