Actually, you can't assign a different management class to an already performed 
archive, but you CAN alter the management class retention period itself and 
effectively alter the retention period for all archives that used that 
management class, so there in lies the possible problem.  If other archives 
have used this management class, they will also be retained for the longer 
period.  But if the number of archives that have used this management class is 
low, this may be your best and easiest solution.  I have done that before to 
save myself considerable time and effort when things like this need to be done. 
 Once the 5 years is up, change the management class retention time back and 
all will be normal again. 

Ryan Miller
 
Principal Financial Group
 
Tivoli Certified Consultant
Tivoli Storage Manager v4.1


-----Original Message-----
From: Cook, Dwight E [mailto:DWIGHT.E.COOK AT SAIC DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:59 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: extending archive retentions


NO but YES, sort of...
NO, you can't alter the management class (and thus the retention period) of
archived files

BUT you could do something like export the node (or as little data as
possible but still including the data you need)
then you could save those export tapes for 5 years...
When you import a node, you can request that is use "relative" dates, so
archived data will still be available for the same number of remaining days
as when it was exported. (that was about as clear as mud...)

Dwight


-----Original Message-----
From: Glass, Peter [mailto:Peter.K.Glass AT WELLSFARGO DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:19 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: extending archive retentions


I have some clients who have archived files with 1-year retentions. Now they
say these files need to be retained for 5 years.
Is there a way we can extend these retentions without having to retrieve and
re-archive these files?
If so, how?
Thanks, in advance.

Peter Glass
Distributed Storage Management (DSM)
Wells Fargo Services Company
> * peter.k.glass AT wellsfargo DOT com
>