We created a separate management class for the DB backups and made the
versioning 1, 0  for existing and deleted versions...
We then have the DBA's imbed a delete backup for anything older than the
time span they wish to keep.... in the scripts they use to run the api
backups.

Robert Burton
Open System Storage Analyst
Royal Bank of Canada
315 Front St West
Toronto, On, M5V 3A4
416-348-3849
email: Robert.Burton AT royalbank DOT com