Also, don't forget that rebinding only occurs on 'backup' data not 'archive'
data.

On Friday 12 January 2001 08:48, Kelly J. Lipp wrote:
> It will save all backups, existing as well as new.  Essentially each file
> is bound to a management class and kept that long.  If the retention period
> in the class changes, it changes the retention on all files bound to that
> class.
>
> Kelly J. Lipp
> Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
> PO Box 51313
> Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
> (719) 531-5926
> Fax: (240) 539-7175
> Email: lipp AT storsol DOT com or lipp AT storserver DOT com
> www.storsol.com
> www.storserver.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Louis Wiesemann
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 12:47 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Backup Retention Period
>
>
> We are running TSM 3.7.3 on OS/390 2.8.  I have a request from my boss to
> temporarily extend a retention period for some server backups.  I know
> where I can reset the retention information, but it was not clear to me if
> this would be retroactive for existing backups or just affect new backups.
> The intention is to save some backups that are about to expire for a little
> while longer since some customers have reported they did not get all of
> their files back from a large restore we had to do.
>
> Any other suggestions on how to accomplish this?
>
> Thanks
>
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