Ruksana,

the method TSM usilizes is "keep several copies, check to limits, if any
limit is reached delete oldest copy"
So if you have set 31 versions and perform backups weekly last version
would be 31 weeks old. But if you set at the same time versions to stay
for 31 days you will have no more than 5 (sixth would be more than 31 days
and would be "expired").
Most recent copy ("active" one) would stay forever until you delete the
file. At that time next pair of limits (VERDELETED and RETONLY) would take
care of the copies.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant




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Subject:        Re: Backup retention period

Hi Zlatko,

Thanks for your quick response.
According to my TSM the copygroup setting has nolimit for this management
class but the utl file has MAX versions 31.