Alright, if I follow the explanation, then the below example is correct:

There is a dependency between savesets that impacts when a saveset will move 
from recoverable to recyclable. Consider this example:

Two pools: Daily and Weekly
Two groups: Daily and Weekly
Daily: incr backups of /home
Weekly: full backups of /home

The browse and retention periods are set to 4 days for the Daily group and 1 
week for the Weekly group.

Day  1 - Full backup is made
Day  2 - Incr -> depends on the Full
Day  3 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr
Day  4 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr
Day  5 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr
Day  6 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr; Day 2 Incr is recoverable
Day  7 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr; Day 3 Incr is recoverable
Day  8 - Full backup is made; Day 1 Full is recyclable; Days 2-4 Incr is 
recyclable;
Day  9 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr; Day 5 Incr is recyclable
Day 10 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr; Day 6 Incr is recyclable
Day 11 - Incr -> depends on the prior Incr; Day 7 Incr is recyclable
Day 12 - Cycle repeats.

With this setup, it's not until Day 11 that all savesets from the week become 
recyclable and thus the volume becomes recyclable.



Preston de Guise wrote:
> On 27/11/07 10:47 AM, "ct2msb" <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM> 
> wrote:
> 
> 
> > Are these dependencies limited by the group?
> > 
> > For example: if the fulls are done in a Weekly group while the incrementals
> > are done in a Daily group and they go to different pools, will there be any
> > dependency on the Weekly full by the Daily incrementals?
> > 
> 
> Yes, there will be dependencies across groups in the way that you're
> describing. There has to be, otherwise full system recovery for the defined
> retention period is not possible.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Preston.
> 
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