Wanda

I'd say definitely use server side.

Issue 1.  if you keep n copies, configured client side, you always keep
n copies, even if the backup frequency is changed or the node is retired.

Issue 2,  Some Basis guy will unilaterally  decide that he wants another
10 versions, change that parameter on the client and you will have no
idea that it has happened.  They seem happy to change paramateres that
are configured, but not ones that are not.  My experience is that most
basis admins have no idea how the TDP works and indeed don't seem to
want to know.

Regards

Steve.

Steven Harris
TSM Admin
Canberra Australia


On 26/06/2012 3:23 AM, Prather, Wanda wrote:

TSM server 6.3.0 on Windows
TDP for SAP 6.3 with Oracle on Linux (BACKINT, without RMAN).

The TDP for SAP redbook SG24-7686 says:

Backup retention control
The backup retention policy can configured either on the Tivoli Storage Manager
server side by the archive copy group parameter RETVER (the number of days
the version is to be kept) or on the side of Tivoli Storage Manager for ERP by
specifying the parameter MAX_VERSIONS in the configuration profile 
(init<SID>.utl).


Does anybody have strong opinions or reasons to use one method over the other?
(Doing it on the TSM server seems simpler to me, rather than visiting a dozen 
client machines to modify the .utl file.)