Veritas-bu

[Veritas-bu] Multiple retention in one pool

2007-02-26 07:49:36
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Multiple retention in one pool
From: ewilts at ewilts.org (Ed Wilts)
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 06:49:36 -0600
On 2/26/2007 3:51 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote:
> There is an option (off by default) in which one tape can use multiple 
> retentions, but I would not recommend it.
> 
> If you have a 20MB file that is infinite retention and the rest of an 
> LTO2/3 tape as 1 month retention, it will become confusing, yes?
> 
> Keep different retentions with separate volume pools.

Your first 2 statements were accurate but the 3rd one doesn't follow. 
You can certainly have multiple retentions in the same volume pool but 
still keep the images on separate tapes.

        .../Ed

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