"Versions Data Deleted" applies only after you delete the file from the
client file system. It has no affect as long as the file still exists.

By way of additional answer, check out an older post containing a series
of notes related to these copygroup settings,
http://msgs.adsm.org/cgi-bin/get/adsm0103/983.html. Best read from the
bottom-up.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Hi,

I'm sorry for the previous post. I've pressed the send button a bit too
early.

Suppose I've got the following copy group defined in a management class:

Versions Data Exists: 5
Versions Data Deleted: 2
Remain Extra Versions: 30
Remain Only Version: 60

I take a backup of a file A which changes 5 times, so I'll have 5
incremental versions (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 with A5 being the active
version).

Suppose now that the file A don't change any more (A5 is the current
active version) but remains on the server. 30 days after the backup of the
version A1, it will expire. The same for the versions A2 and A3.

Will the version A4 also expire 30 days after the backup of itand will I
only have the version A5 on tape? Or does the expiration of extra versions
halts when the number of versions gets equal to the number of 'versions
data deleted'?

According to the reference guide, the version A4 will expire also 30 days
after the backup of it.

Thanks for the assistance,

Kurt