Delete Volume fails with ANR0126W

Diagnosing The Problem

Tivoli Storage Manager server Actlog reports message:

ANR0126W DELETE VOLUME: Volume Vol_name
contains retention protected data and
can not be deleted.(SESSION: xxx, PROCESS: yyy)

Explanation: The specified volume cannot be deleted because it contains one
or more objects that must be retained because of one of the following:

* Archive retention protection is enabled and the object's retention
period has not elapsed.

* The object is part of a deletion hold.


If this is not an expected warning message, verify if Archive Retention Protection is enabled:

From a Tivoli Storage Manager Admin command line client, do:

Q STATUS

Example output:

Server Name: TEST
Server host name or IP address: x.x.x.x
Server TCP/IP port number: 1500
...
Context Messaging: Off
Server-free Status: On
Server-free Batch Size: 200
Table of Contents (TOC) Load Retention: 120 Minute(s)
Machine Globally Unique ID:
Archive Retention Protection: Off
Encryption Strength: AES

If "Archive Retention Protection" is set to "Off", as in this example, then the Tivoli Storage Manager Client or Tivoli Storage Manager API client has placed a hold on this object.

To find the object and node that has the hold, do the following command on the volume name listed in message ANR0126W:

Q CONtent Vol_Name

This will list the Node Names and files stored on the volume.

Go to the Client and verify if the above objects have the hold set on each object:

Example:
dsmc q archive -detail "C:\OFFICESCAN8-\OSCE_8.0_WIN_EN_PATCH2.EXE"

26,209,828 B 03/25/2008 17:14:53
\\us1ntmgt02\c$\officescan8-\OSCE_8.0_WIN_EN_patch2.exe 03/25/2009
Archive Date: 03/25/2008 test RetInit:STARTED ObjHeld:YES
Modified: 03/05/2008 11:26:47 Created: 03/25/2008 13:16:37

This Backup/Archive client has set a hold "ObjHeld:YES" on this file, preventing any deletion of the object from Tivoli Storage Manager Server storage.