Inactivate output examples

These output examples provide a sample of the text, messages, and process status that displays when using the inactivate command.

The following operation explicitly deactivates database backup objects. Once a backup object is deactivated, it will expire automatically according to retention policy. In this case, the objects were backed up from a different SQL Server. First, a query is performed to display status information such as active state and backup date.
Command:
tdpsqlc query tsm DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS,model * /fromsqlserv=STRINGVM1\STRINGVM1
Output:
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
Version 7, Release 1, Level 3.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2015.
All rights reserved.

Connecting to TSM Server as node 'STRINGVM1_SQL'...

Querying TSM Server for Backups ....

Backup Object Information
-------------------------

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1\STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS
Backup Method     ........................ Lgcy
Backup Location   ........................ Srv
Backup Object Type ....................... Full     
Backup Object State ...................... Active
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/23/2014 06:31:04
Backup Size .............................. 3.35 MB
SQL Compressed ........................... No
Backup Compressed ........................ No
Backup Encryption Type ................... None
Backup Client-deduplicated ............... No
Database Object Name ..................... 20140323063104\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1
Assigned Management Class  ............... DEFAULT


Backup Object Information
-------------------------

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1\STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS
Backup Method     ........................ Lgcy
Backup Location   ........................ Srv
Backup Object Type ....................... Full     
Backup Object State ...................... Active
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/20/2014 05:35:14
Backup Size .............................. 3.35 MB
SQL Compressed ........................... No
Backup Compressed ........................ No
Backup Encryption Type ................... None
Backup Client-deduplicated ............... No
Database Object Name ..................... 20140320053514\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1
Assigned Management Class  ............... DEFAULT


Backup Object Information
-------------------------

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1\STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS
Backup Method     ........................ Lgcy
Backup Location   ........................ Srv
Backup Object Type ....................... Full     
Backup Object State ...................... Active
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/19/2014 07:01:39
Backup Size .............................. 3.35 MB
SQL Compressed ........................... No
Backup Compressed ........................ No
Backup Encryption Type ................... None
Backup Client-deduplicated ............... No
Database Object Name ..................... 20140319070139\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1
Assigned Management Class  ............... DEFAULT
Backup Object Information
-------------------------

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1\STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ model
Backup Method     ........................ Lgcy
Backup Location   ........................ Srv
Backup Object Type ....................... Full     
Backup Object State ...................... Active
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/23/2014 06:31:05
Backup Size .............................. 2.08 MB
SQL Compressed ........................... No
Backup Compressed ........................ No
Backup Encryption Type ................... None
Backup Client-deduplicated ............... No
Database Object Name ..................... 20140323063105\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1
Assigned Management Class  ............... DEFAULT


Backup Object Information
-------------------------

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1\STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ model
Backup Method     ........................ Lgcy
Backup Location   ........................ Srv
Backup Object Type ....................... Full     
Backup Object State ...................... Active
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/19/2014 11:26:15
Backup Size .............................. 2.08 MB
SQL Compressed ........................... No
Backup Compressed ........................ No
Backup Encryption Type ................... None
Backup Client-deduplicated ............... No
Database Object Name ..................... 20140319112615\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1
Assigned Management Class  ............... DEFAULT


Backup Object Information
-------------------------

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1\STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ model
Backup Method     ........................ Lgcy
Backup Location   ........................ Srv
Backup Object Type ....................... Full     
Backup Object State ...................... Active
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/17/2014 01:15:48
Backup Size .............................. 2.08 MB
SQL Compressed ........................... No
Backup Compressed ........................ No
Backup Encryption Type ................... None
Backup Client-deduplicated ............... No
Database Object Name ..................... 20140317011548\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1
Assigned Management Class  ............... DEFAULT

Completed
The user then decides to deactivate all DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS database objects older than two days (older than March 23), of which there are two.
Command:
tdpsqlc inactivate DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS * /fromsqlserv=STRINGVM1 /olderthan=2
Output:
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
Version 7, Release 1, Level 3.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2015.
All rights reserved.

Starting Sql database backup inactivation...
Querying Tivoli Storage Manager server for a list of database 
	backups,please wait...

Inactivating full backup DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS
Inactivating log backup DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS\20140320053514\00001AC4

Inactivating full backup DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS
Inactivating log backup DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS\20140319070139\00001AC4

Total database backups inspected:                    2
Total database backups requested for inactivation:   2
Total database backups inactivated:                  2
Total database skipped:                              0

Elapsed processing time:                             2.18 Secs
Another Tivoli® Storage Manager query displays the current status of these backup objects using the /all parameter; a full and a log backup of test1 are now both inactive.
Command:
tdpsqlc query tsm test1 /fromsqlserv=STRINGVM1 /all
Output:
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Databases
Data Protection for Microsoft SQL Server
Version 7, Release 1, Level 3.0
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1998, 2015.
All rights reserved.

Backup Object Information
-------------------------

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS
Backup Object Type ....................... Log  
Backup Object State ...................... Inactive
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/20/2014 05:35:14
Backup Size .............................. 3,349
Database Object Name ..................... 20140320053514\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1

SQL Server Name   ........................ STRINGVM1
SQL Database Name ........................ DB1_XIVmini_G_BAS
Backup Object Type ....................... Full 
Backup Object State ...................... Inactive
Backup Creation Date / Time .............. 03/19/2014 07:01:39
Backup Size .............................. 3,349
Database Object Name ..................... 20140320053514\00001AC4
Number of stripes in backup object ....... 1