Author: Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj AT STAFF.EDNET.NS DOT CA>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:43:04 -0400
Hello, I have a Backup Copy group defined as where I keep versions for 90 days and keep deleted files for 90 days (at least that what I think it should do). However I see files hanging around for mor
Author: Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj AT STAFF.EDNET.NS DOT CA>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 10:31:02 -0400
Yes the server is running expire at least twice a day. After further looking I notice that I am having this problem with NT clients as well. Linux, AIX, and VMS clients are working as expected. It ap
Author: Andy Raibeck <Andrew_Raibeck AT TIVOLI DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 06:47:06 -0800
By "keep versions for 90 days", I assume you mean the RETEXTRA setting. I think the confusion may come from thinking that this setting indicates how long to keep backup versions from the time they ar
Author: Alex Paschal <AlexPaschal AT FREIGHTLINER DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:48:45 -0800
Andy, Does RetOnly START counting days after the version becomes the only version, or does it count days from the day the version became inactive? For example, lets say VerExists 3, VerDel 3, RetExtr
Author: Patrick Boutilier <boutilpj AT STAFF.EDNET.NS DOT CA>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:41:32 -0400
Makes sense. I did a query on the BACKUPS table and that shows the deactivate date. Too bad the clients didn't show the deactivate date. :-) I always assumed that Retain Extra Versions = 90 meant tha
Author: Andy Raibeck <Andrew_Raibeck AT TIVOLI DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 11:36:09 -0800
Well, that depends on what the "ago" means in "from more than 90 days ago". If you mean "from more than 90 days since I made the first backup" then yes, you are correct. But if you simply want to al
Author: James Thompson <mezron AT HOTMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 14:11:05 -0700
I always assumed that Retain Extra Versions = 90 meant that anything that was backed up 90 days ago would be deleted, not 90 days from the deactivation date. This way you might be able to restore som
Author: Andy Raibeck <Andrew_Raibeck AT TIVOLI DOT COM>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 17:58:57 -0800
Hi Alex, The RETEXTRA and RETONLY values both start counting days from the time the versions go inactive. So in your example, the version that went inactive on day 4 (file was deleted) will be expire