==== Delete TSM database ==== === Method 1: === From the Tivoli Storage Manager Server installation directory, issue the following command: dsmserv removedb TSMDB1 If it succeeds, you can retry creating an instance. If it fails, we will need to try method 2. === Method 2: === For the second method, is to drop the database from DB2. set db2instance=server1 db2stop force db2start db2 drop database TSMDB1 === Method 3: === For the third method is to do an uncatalog of the database. set db2instance=server1 db2 uncatalog database tsmdb1 === Method 4: === Delete an instance /opt/tivoli/tsm/db2/instance/db2idrop tsminst1