You're confusing archive with backup.  If you archive a file, it will be
kept for X number of days -- whatever is in the archive copy group for the
management class you specified.  Only backup cares about versions (extra or
only).

Tina

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steven McNicholas [SMTP:ste_mc AT ZDNETMAIL DOT COM]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 10:58 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      archive retension time
>
> Hi ADSM'ers,
>
> 1 question....
>
> If I archive a file to my archive pool at night and then immediately
> delete the file on my disk will the following happen :
>
> A) Because my archive pool is set to retain archives for 186 days it will
> keep it for 186 days and when the 186 days are over and it finds that this
> is the last version of this particular archive it will keep it for a
> futher 60 days according to my archive copy group settings ?
> Therefore I have a total of 246 days of retension.
>
> OR
>
> B) Because my archive copy group settings are set to retain only version
> for 60 days,after I delete the archive from my client machine the 186 days
> retension I have for my archive pool falls away and the 60 day retension
> period for my "retain only version" comes into play.
> Therefore I only have a total retension period of 60 days.
>
> A to me makes more sense but can some of you ADSM fundi's confirm.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
>
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