ADSM-L

Re: Confusion with retention values.

2001-03-30 12:48:10
Subject: Re: Confusion with retention values.
From: Alex Paschal <AlexPaschal AT FREIGHTLINER DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:48:45 -0800
Andy,

Does RetOnly START counting days after the version becomes the only version,
or does it count days from the day the version became inactive?

For example, lets say VerExists 3, VerDel 3, RetExtra 10, and RetOnly 10,
just to choose some arbitrary settings.   File A is created on day 1 and
modified each day for 2 days thereafer, then deleted, so there are a total
of 3 versions.

File A(day1) goes inactive on day2, expires on day 12
File A(day2) goes inactive on day3, expires on day 13
File A(day3) goes inactive on day4 (day deleted)

On day 13, File A(day3) becomes the only version left on the *SM server.
Does RetOnly now start counting?  If it counts from inactivation date, it
should expire on day 14, 10 days after deletion/inactivation.  However, I
think it should start counting from the day it becomes the only version, ie,
day13, and expire on day23.

Can you verify which way it works?  If it works the way I think it should,
that could account for why Patrick is seeing files stay around longer than
his 90 days.

Thanks,
Alex Paschal
Storage Administrator
Freightliner, LLC
(503) 745-6850 phone/vmail