Hi Andy,
Are you saying that expiration processing for excluded files will disregard
copygroup information of the mgmt class that the files were backed-up with
and simply delete all versions? I thought excluded files were treated like
deleted files. I would greatly appreciate it if you can clarify this for me.
Thanks in advance.
>
> Hi Claudia,
>
> Currently there is no facility for deleting backup versions at the file level;
> all backup deletion is performed at the filespace level.
>
> However, there is a way to "trick" ADSM into deleting the backups:
>
> Code an EXCLUDE statement for the file, then perform an incremental backup.
> This will cause existing backup versions to be flagged for deletion. Next,
> run EXPIRE INVENTORY, and voila! The versions will be deleted.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Andy Raibeck
> ADSM Level 2 Support
> 408-256-0130