RE: Purging an IFS stream file from backups

When did marking a tape file 'expired' become an option??


Paul E Musselman
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From: MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 4:54 PM
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Subject: RE: Purging an IFS stream file from backups

If you need to "erase it" from the tape, you'll have to mount the tape and
mark that file "expired". It won't remove it from the tape, nor from the
ability to find it with display tape, but it will be marked appropriately.

I don't think there is a way to mark a file deleted in the LTFS file system.



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Jim Oberholtzer
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Steinmetz, Paul
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 3:44 PM
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Subject: RE: Purging an IFS stream file from backups

Rob,

You are correct.
When you delete a file, it simply expires it from the BRMS data base.
Depending if you save object level detail, then it may not even be in the
BRMS data base.
If you want to delete it from the tape, you would need to DUPMEDRM that
volume, skipping the sequence(s) you want to delete, creating a new volume.
No more BRMS plugins, need to use IBM I Navigator for I.

Paul

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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rob
Berendt
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2018 4:31 PM
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Subject: Purging an IFS stream file from backups

Given that we do all saves using BRMS is there a way to purge a file from
all backups?

First, I'm not happy that I cannot seem to be able to go directly with
WRKLNKBRM DIR('/home/ROB/aatest2.txt') But instead I have to do
WRKLNKBRM DIR('home')
and drill down to it.

That being said I can eventually find that file, and all media it is saved
on. However I want to remove that file from all media it is saved on. I
see that BRMS has a remove option but I am suspecting that it simply removes
that file from the BRMS data but leaves it on tape, correct?

Also IBM i Access Client Solutions doesn't seem to have any BRMS plug ins,
correct?

Tried IBM Navigator for i (aka http://youribmi:2001) but the BRMS stuff in
there didn't seem to have any function like WRKLNKBRM.

Failing any cool way to do this, and supposing that the BRMS remove option
just removes it from BRMS data and not the tape, is there some way to delete
just one file from a sequence number on a save outside of BRMS?
For example, a SAV command saves all IFS data to one sequence on a volume.
How would I delete just '/home/ROB/aatest2.txt' from that?


Rob Berendt
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