Networker

Re: [Networker] index default browse and retention

2008-03-19 17:55:59
Subject: Re: [Networker] index default browse and retention
From: Davina Treiber <Davina.Treiber AT PEEVRO.CO DOT UK>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:49:26 +0000
Michael Nored wrote:
> I also agree that resetting the individual save set retention and browse
> period will work fine in most cases but I can see that being an issue in a > large environment as you could be talking about thousands of save sets. As > for as deleting savesets that haven't reached their expiration date I would
> have to question why they were on the same tape with savesets that have a
> shorter retention period. That being said I agree with you if you are mixing > savesets with varying retention periods on the same tapes then deleting the
> tapes will not work

Mixing save sets with different retention periods would not be wise - I agree.

That was not what I meant though, I was referring to having full save sets which have dependencies on them from later incremental or level backups.

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