Deleting file spaces

If your Tivoli® Storage Manager administrator gives you authority, you can delete entire file spaces from the server.

About this task

When you delete a file space, you delete all the files and images, both backup versions and archive copies, that are contained within the file space. For example, if you delete the file space for your /home/monnet file system, you are deleting every backup for every file in that file system and every file you archived from that file system. Carefully consider whether you want to delete a file space. You must be an authorized user to perform this task.

You can delete individual backup versions by using the delete backup command.

You can delete file spaces using the Tivoli Storage Manager client GUI or client command line interface. To delete NAS file spaces, use the Web client or client command line interface.

To delete a file space using the GUI, perform the following steps:

Procedure

Select Utilities→ Delete Filespaces from the main window.
Click the selection boxes next to the file spaces you want to delete.
Click the Delete button. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for confirmation before deleting the file space.

Results

You can also delete a file space using the delete filespace command. Use the class option with the delete filespace command to delete NAS file spaces.