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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
>>
>>
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