Hi Wahid, 2009/10/7 Wahid Bhimji <[log in to unmask]>: > Hello Sergey > > You can remove a filesystem from dpm using > dpm-rmfs --server fs_server --fs fs_name > > but before you do that you probably want to remove all the files from the > dpns database. > If you have access to the files and only know the physical file name and > want to delete them and the database entry you can use > dpm-delreplica [filename] > (see dpm-delreplica --help for the format) > > If you know all the dpns names then you can use rfrm which will delete both > the file and the dpns entry. > Or dpns-rm that you list below will work but only delete the entry in the > database not the file itself That was my goal, to remove files from database and I tried e.g. "dpns-rm /dpm/tier2.hep.manchester.ac.uk/home/babar/roger/On-Tau11-Run3-933.root" but got the message "File exists" and the file is still listed in dpns. What I'm doing wrong? Thanks Sergey > > Cheers > > Wahid > > Sergey wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> How can I remove pool from DPM/dpns system, without removing files >> from it since the files have been abandoned and we don't bother about >> them. >> Straightforward commands like dpns-rm <file> or dpm-rmpool --poolname >> dpm_WN do not work: "dpm-rmpool dpm_WN: File exists" >> >> Thanks >> >> Sergey >> Manchester Tier2 >> >> > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. > >