Yes, you change ALL the copy group retentions to NOLIM, but ONLY in the
EXCHANGE-FREEZE domain.  And the only client in that domain
is CLIENT-FREEZE, the original Exchange backup client.

So those backups are locked down, but everything else (including the new
registration of your Exchange client) follows regular rules.


On 1/9/08, Bell, Charles (Chip) <Chip.Bell AT bhsala DOT com> wrote:
>
> OK, I followed through with your suggestions, in order. If I follow them,
> I
> would not need to change the copy group retention to nolimit across the
> board? Just asking...I would prefer not to have to retain everything
> forever.
> :)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
> Wanda Prather
> Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:22 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] "Freezing" my Email backups and starting fresh
>
> The only way to guarantee that your stuff will not expire, is to change
> the
> copy group retention to NOLIM/NOLIM/NOLIM/NOLIM.
>
> SO here's what I would do:
>
> Copy the domain EXCHANGE to a new domain EXCHANGE-FREEZE
> Update the copy groups in that domain to verexist=NOLIM, retextra=NOLIM,
> etc
> etc
> Activate the policy set to pick up the changes
> Rename your mail client to CLIENT-FREEZE
> Update CLIENT-FREEZE to domain=EXCHANGE-FREEZE
>
> That puts all the backups for the mail client into a domain where NOTHING
> ever expires.
>
> Re-register your client with its original name in the EXCHANGE domain, and
> continue backing up with it.
> Future backups will still be governed by the rules in the EXCHANGE comain,
> but the stuff in the EXCHANGE-FREEZE domain will just sit there.
>
> YOu will have to remember if somebody needs a restore of EXCHANGE stuff
> prior to today, you'll need to get it from the CLIENT-FREEZE client.
>
> There are alternatives, including a backupset and an export tape.  The
> problem I have with those:  the data is on the tape, but the older backups
> will continue to expire out of the TSM DB.  So, 6 months from now, you
> don't
> have anyway to figure out what is ON the backupset or EXPORT tape.  This
> way
> you can query the DB to see what is in there, if your lawyers need
> something.
>
> Wanda
>
> On 1/9/08, Bell, Charles (Chip) <Chip.Bell AT bhsala DOT com> wrote:
> >
> > I just had a request from my boss via our legal dept. to freeze our
> email
> > backups, but of course we want to continue our backups nightly going
> > forward.
> > What is the easiest way to do that? Our Exchange backups our managed
> > through
> > a domain called EXCHANGE, go straight to VTL, and are sent offsite on
> > LTO2.
> > Thanks in advance!
> >
> >
> >
> > God bless you!!!
> >
> > Chip Bell
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