Thanks for that answer.  That's what I thought.

By the way, Andy, you sent me some info in January on how to handle
problems I was having with doing selective backups and files not being
made inactive.  I just wanted to let you know that I have followed your
suggestion to make the backup incremental instead and it appears to be
working fine.  Hopefully once the inactive files expire, we will start
to get quite a few tapes back.

Also, I tried what you suggested for deleting certain directories within
a filespace (i.e. create a Management class called DELETE and bind files
to it, etc.)  That has also satisfied my requirement.

Thanks alot for your help.

Dianne Sharp
Operations Analyst
CLEAR Communications, Auckland, New Zealand
dsharp AT clear.co DOT nz
>----------
>From:  Andrew Raibeck[SMTP:storman AT US.IBM DOT COM]
>Sent:  Wednesday, 19 March, 1997 1:18AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: Question about Inactive files expiring
>
>Classification:
>Prologue:
>Epilogue:
>
>Yes, 'x' starts from the day the file was made inactive. Thus if you back up
>a
>file on January 16th, 1996, then again on September 1st, 1996, the version
>created on January 16th will be retained for 15 days beyond September 1st,
>1996
>-- that is, it will be retained until September 16th, 1996.
>
>Andy Raibeck
>ADSM Level 2 Support
>---------------------- Forwarded by Andrew Raibeck/San Jose/IBM on 03-18-97
>05:20 AM ---------------------------
>
>        owner-adsm-l @ VM.MARIST.EDU
>        03-17-97 07:53 PM
>Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU@internet
>
>
>To: ADSM-L @ VM.MARIST.EDU@internet
>cc:
>Subject: Question about Inactive files expiring
>
>The Data Retention Period says Retain inactive backup versions for x
>days (2 settings - one for if file still exists and one for if file is
>deleted)
>
>Can someone please confirm when the x days starts from.  Is it x days
>from the date the file was made inactive?
>
>Dianne Sharp
>Operations Analyst
>ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
>Ext 4208
>