The delete archive command deletes archived files from Tivoli® Storage Manager server storage. Your administrator must give you the authority to delete archived files.
Supported Clients
This command is valid for all clients.
Syntax
>>-Delete ARchive--+------------+-------------------------------> '- --options-' >--+- --filespec----------------------+------------------------>< '- --{--filespacename--}--filespec-'
Parameters
- filespec
- Specifies the path and file name that you want to delete from
storage. Use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all
files in a directory. You can also use the filelist option
to process a list of files. The Tivoli Storage Manager client
opens the file that you specify with this option and processes the
list of files within according to the specific command.Note: If you indicate filespacename, do not include a drive letter in the file specification.
- {filespacename}
- Specifies the file space (enclosed in braces) on the server that
contains the file you want to delete. This is the name on the workstation
drive from which the file was archived.
Use the filespacename if the name has changed, or if you are deleting files archived from another node with drive labels that are different from yours.
You can specify a UNC name; drive label names are
only used for removable media. You must
specify a mixed or lowercase NTFS or ReFS file space name that is
enclosed in quotation marks and braces. For example, {"NTFSDrive"}.
Single quotation marks are valid in loop mode. For example, {"NTFSDrive"}
and {'NTFSDrive'} are both valid. In batch mode,
only single quotation marks are valid. The single quotation mark requirement
is a restriction of the operating system.
| Option | Where to use |
|---|---|
| dateformat | Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line. |
| description | Command line only. |
| filelist | Command line only. |
| noprompt | Command line only. |
| numberformat | Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line. |
| pick | Command line only. |
| subdir | Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line. |
| tapeprompt | Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line. |
| timeformat | Client options file (dsm.opt) or command line. |
Examples
- Task
- Delete a file named budget.
dsmc delete archive /user/home/proj1/budget
- Task
- Delete all files archived from the /user/home/proj1 directory
with a file extension of .txt.
dsmc del arch "/user/home/proj1/*.txt"
- Task
- Delete files archived from the /user/project directory
by using the pick option to display a list of
archive copies that match the file specification. From the list, you
can select the versions to process.
dsmc delete archive "/user/project/*" -pick
- Task
- Delete selected files from the group of files archived with the
description "Monthly Budgets 2010" located in /user/projects and
its subdirectories.
dsmc delete ar "/user/projects/*" -description="Monthly Budgets 2010" -pick -subdir=yes
- Task
- Delete files from file space abc in the proj directory.
dsmc delete archive {"abc"}\proj\*
- Task
- Delete a file named budget.
dsmc delete archive c:\plan\proj1\budget.jan
- Task
- Delete all files archived from the c:\plan\proj1 directory
with a file extension of .txt.
delete archive c:\plan\proj1\*.txt
- Task
- Delete files archived from the c:\project directory
by using the pick option to display a list of
archive copies that match the file specification. From the list, you
can select the versions to process.
dsmc delete archive c:\project\* -pick
- Task
- Delete selected files from the group of files archived with the
description "Monthly Budgets 2013" located in c:\projects and
its subdirectories.
dsmc delete ar c:\projects\* -description="Monthly Budgets 2013" -pick -subdir=yes