Delete-archive operation
The delete-archive operation deletes archived files from the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager datastore.
The following table describes the elements for the delete-archive operation:
Adapter request elements for the delete-archive operation
The following figure shows a sample adapter request for the delete-archive operation:
Sample adapter request for the delete-archive operation
<tsm-request>
<operation-name>delete-archive</operation-name>
<command-request>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
<command-options>
<description>"Test Description"</description>
<filelist>C:\filelist.txt</filelist>
<dateformat>DD-MM-YYYY</dateformat>
<numberformat>d,ddd,dd</numberformat>
<timeformat>HH,MM,SS</timeformat>
<noprompt />
</command-options>
</command-request>
</tsm-request>
<operation-name>delete-archive</operation-name>
<command-request>
<timeout-secs>120</timeout-secs>
<command-options>
<description>"Test Description"</description>
<filelist>C:\filelist.txt</filelist>
<dateformat>DD-MM-YYYY</dateformat>
<numberformat>d,ddd,dd</numberformat>
<timeformat>HH,MM,SS</timeformat>
<noprompt />
</command-options>
</command-request>
</tsm-request>
The following figure shows the adapter response for the sample request:
Sample adapter response for the delete-archive operation
<tsm-response>
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
<count>1</count>
</metadata>
<commands-output>
<command-output>
<metadata>
<command>dsmc delete archive -description="Test Description" - filelist=C:\filelist.txt -dateformat=2 -numberformat=2 -timeformat=2 - noprompt</command>
<line-count>20</line-count>
<execution-milliseconds>3922</execution-milliseconds>
<exit-code>0</exit-code>
<status>success</status>
</metadata>
<output>
<line index="1">IBM Tivoli Storage Manager</line>
<line index="2">Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface</line>
<line index="3"> Client Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0 </line>
<line index="4"> Client date/time: 01-10-2008 10,46,13</line>
<line index="5">(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved.</line>
<line index="6">Node Name: D-13096</line>
<line index="7">Session established with server SERVER1: Linux/i386</line>
<line index="8"> Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0</line>
<line index="9"> Server date/time: 01-10-2008 10,44,16 Last access: 01- 10-2008 10,43,03</line>
<line index="10"> ** Successful **</line>
<line index="12">Total number of objects deleted: 1</line>
<line index="13">Total number of objects failed: 0</line>
<line index="14">Total number of bytes transferred: 0 B</line>
<line index="15">Data transfer time: 0,00 sec</line>
<line index="16">Network data transfer rate: 0,00 KB/sec</line>
<line index="17">Aggregate data transfer rate: 0,00 KB/sec</line>
<line index="18">Objects compressed by: 0%</line>
<line index="19">Elapsed processing time: 00,00,02</line>
</output>
</command-output>
</commands-output>
</tsm-response>
<metadata>
<status>success</status>
<count>1</count>
</metadata>
<commands-output>
<command-output>
<metadata>
<command>dsmc delete archive -description="Test Description" - filelist=C:\filelist.txt -dateformat=2 -numberformat=2 -timeformat=2 - noprompt</command>
<line-count>20</line-count>
<execution-milliseconds>3922</execution-milliseconds>
<exit-code>0</exit-code>
<status>success</status>
</metadata>
<output>
<line index="1">IBM Tivoli Storage Manager</line>
<line index="2">Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface</line>
<line index="3"> Client Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0 </line>
<line index="4"> Client date/time: 01-10-2008 10,46,13</line>
<line index="5">(c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2007. All Rights Reserved.</line>
<line index="6">Node Name: D-13096</line>
<line index="7">Session established with server SERVER1: Linux/i386</line>
<line index="8"> Server Version 5, Release 5, Level 0.0</line>
<line index="9"> Server date/time: 01-10-2008 10,44,16 Last access: 01- 10-2008 10,43,03</line>
<line index="10"> ** Successful **</line>
<line index="12">Total number of objects deleted: 1</line>
<line index="13">Total number of objects failed: 0</line>
<line index="14">Total number of bytes transferred: 0 B</line>
<line index="15">Data transfer time: 0,00 sec</line>
<line index="16">Network data transfer rate: 0,00 KB/sec</line>
<line index="17">Aggregate data transfer rate: 0,00 KB/sec</line>
<line index="18">Objects compressed by: 0%</line>
<line index="19">Elapsed processing time: 00,00,02</line>
</output>
</command-output>
</commands-output>
</tsm-response>
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