Nice question first thing on a Friday Morning . . .

If I understand you correctly, you wish to find files in the new File
Structure that
have a No Limit retention ?
As long as you haven't rebound your new file structure, could you possible
use
an SQL select statement on the Backups table - this will give you a list of
files for that
particular node and the management class that each was bound to . . .

could be an extremely long list though depending on how many files you have.
You could then use this list to rebind those files that are No Limit into an
MC that
will expire them.

David Irvine
Technical Specialist, IT Services
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kelly J. Lipp [SMTP:lipp AT STORSOL DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 4:39 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: rebinding
>
> The question is even more interesting than you think!
>
> What about files that were active at the time of the last backup?  These
> files are never going to expire!  Inactive files will continue to be
> governed by the appropriate management class and will disappear sooner or
> later.
>
> That's my first thoughts.  Again, the brain is slightly faster than the
> fingers...
>
> If a filespace is there one day and gone to Maui the next, and an
> incremental runs, I would think that perhaps all of the files in the gonzo
> filespace would be marked inactive.  Is that really true?  If the file
> system doesn't know about the filespace, would ADSM know to try to inc it?
> Would the deleted file pass happen against the removed filespace?  Geez,
> now
> I'm confused.
>
> Kelly J. Lipp
> Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
> PO Box 51313
> Colorado Springs CO 80949
> 719-531-5926
> www.storsol.com
> lipp AT storsol DOT com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Vraspir, Mary J.
> Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 9:35 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: rebinding
>
>
> How can I rebind files to a new management class when the original file
> structure no longer exists?
> I want to expire back up files that are currently 'No Limit' retention.
> The
> client has been revamped and the original FS doesn't exist so I cannot use
> a
> DIRMC and back up again.?
>
> Thanks in advance.
> MV