ADSM-L

Re: [ADSM-L] expire question

2012-03-14 23:30:34
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] expire question
From: "Prather, Wanda" <wPrather AT ICFI DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:18:57 +0000
Well, yes, you can have 4 because "VerDataExists" is set to 4.

And yes, when you run the 5th client backup, your oldest version goes away so 
that you never have more than 4 available to restore.
The name EXPIRE INVENTORY is a little misleading; the expiration occurs due to 
the backup.
Expire Inventory just cleans up the empty pages in the DB  and updates the 
%reclaim threshold for your storage pool volumes.

Takeaway:  Turning off expiration doesn't preserve data.  If you want to keep 
more versions longer, you have to change the mgmt. class.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Tim Brown
Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:34 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] expire question

If a file is bound to a mgmt class like below, and you never ran expire 
inventory

can the number of retain extra versions be greater then 2



It's the expire inventory that actually deletes them right and not the client 
backup





Policy    Policy    Mgmt      Copy      Versions Versions   Retain  Retain

Domain    Set Name  Class     Group         Data     Data    Extra    Only

Name                Name      Name        Exists  Deleted Versions Version

--------- --------- --------- --------- -------- -------- -------- -------

DEVTEST   ACTIVE    DEVTEST   STANDARD         4       2       365      365



Thanks,



Tim Brown
Systems Specialist - Project Leader
Central Hudson Gas & Electric
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