Tom,
        Snapshots such as you've described are best handled by the Archive
function.


Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com

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>From:  Tom Kauffman[SMTP:namffuak AT SKYENET DOT NET]
>Sent:  Sunday, October 13, 1996 10:50 PM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       several beginning questions
>
>I'm a new ADSM administrator (just had a one-on-one with an IBM expert last
>week) with a question or two --
>
>we currently have a requirement to do month-end and year-end 'snapshots' to
>be kept for legal reasons. As near as I can tell, the best way is selective
>backup to a specific storage pool chain that doesn't expire (or has enough
>versions to not cause problems). Is there another (or better) way?
>
>Also - I'm coming from the mainframe CICS/IMS world, into the AIX/Oracle
>environment; what *is* the preferred method for snapshots of an Oracle
>database for possible later examination?
>
>I'm running ADSM on an RS-6000/SP2 node, backing up *only* the other nodes
>in the frames -- and have only one (1) 3590-B11 tape unit (see next post for
>questions about *this* :-)
>
>Tom Kauffman
>Senior Systems Programmer
>NIBCO, Inc.
>