On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 11:45:29AM +0100, Shekel Tal wrote:
> And remember ? when you duplicate images the retention period starts from the 
> beginning
> 
> e.g. a retention period of 1 year starting in may is duplicated in august 
> will only expire in august the following year

Are you sure this is something with duplications and not imports?

I don't see this behavior.  I just duplicated an image I took last month
that has a 3 month retention.  Here are what I think are the relevant
bits from bpduplicate.

Bpimagelist output before dup:
Backup Time:       Wed 18 Aug 2010 06:00:30 PM PD (1282179630)
Expiration Time:   Fri 19 Nov 2010 05:00:30 PM PS (1290214830)
Copy number:       1
 Expiration Time:  Fri 19 Nov 2010 05:00:30 PM PS (1290214830)
 retention_lvl:    3 months (5)

After dup:
Backup Time:       Wed 18 Aug 2010 06:00:30 PM PD (1282179630)
Expiration Time:   Fri 19 Nov 2010 05:00:30 PM PS (1290214830)
Copy number:       1
 Expiration Time:  Fri 19 Nov 2010 05:00:30 PM PS (1290214830)
 retention_lvl:    3 months (5)
Copy number:       2
 Expiration Time:  Fri 19 Nov 2010 05:00:30 PM PS (1290214830)
 retention_lvl:    3 months (5)

-- 
Darren
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