If the file still exists on the client, nothing happens.  The copy of the
file on the ADSM server is called the active version, an exact copy of the
file on the client.  Active files are not governed by the retention
policies: active files are always kept on the server.  Once a file become
inactive, i.e., a change is made to the original and a backup is run thus
rendering the previous copy of the file inactive, that inactive file is
governed by the retention policies.  Retextra governs the extra copies of
the files, i.e., non-active copies.  Retonly governs the last version of the
file.  This only comes into play if the original file on the client has been
deleted.  In that case, there is no active copy left, that copy is
inactivated during an incremental backup.  It will then hang around for
retonly days.

Kelly Lipp
SSSI

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Craig Winters
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 8:00 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Expiration and Retention time
>
>
> A quick question.  If retention time on ADSM is 180 days, then if a file
> hasn't been used or touched for 181+ days, what will happen to it when you
> run 'expire inventory'?  This is for backup not archive purposes.
>
> Craig Winters, System Programmer
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> PO Box 496
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> Phone: 218-739-8288
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> E-mail: cwinters AT otpco DOT com
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