RE: ADSM and Onbar

No utility is available to IDS 7.x users for removing "old" onbar backups from the ADSM database. IBM has told us that it is an Informix responsibility. The ADSM API does support such calls. At least one client was developing their own API. However, their management would not allow them to share it. Informix has developed an "onsymsync" utility for 9.x. However, they have indicated that they have no plans to retrofit it to IDS 7.x. We have developed scripts to delete "old" backup information from the "sysutils" database and the ixbar file. We also have procedures, which allow us to scratch "old" ADSM backup tapes. These procedures are used as a crude workaround until an Informix supported utility is available. Rick Bernstein -----Original Message----- From: Link, David A. [mailto:DALink@West.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 22:13 To: 'informix-list@iiug.org' Subject: ADSM and Onbar I am having a problem. I am do my archiving using ADSM and Onbar. Each time I archive Onbar/ADSM creates a new FILESPACE(I believe that is what it is called.). ADSM is using the backup portion of ADSM and I have not been able to figure out how to expire the older FILESPACE's, so that I can reclaim the tape storage space. Below are some of the vitals of our platform. ADSM Server Version 3.1.5 ADSM Client Version 3.1.6 IDS 7.30.uc6 AIX 4.3.2 TIA David Link