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Re: verexist & verdelete information ignored on 3.1.2.1

1999-01-14 11:03:19
Subject: Re: verexist & verdelete information ignored on 3.1.2.1
From: Paul Zarnowski <vkm AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU>
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 11:03:19 -0500
Gareth,

Thank you for posting this e-mail.  I did some checking, and it looks like
we also have the same problem.  We are running 3.1.2.1 on AIX.  This
explains why our database growth has accelerated since upgrading to 3.1.2.1.

I'd advise others on 3.1.2.1 to check this out too.

..Paul
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At 12:43 PM 1/14/99 -0000, you wrote:
At 12:43 PM 1/14/99 -0000, you wrote:
>We have recently noticed that after upgrading to 3.1.2.1 on AIX and NT
>platforms, more versions of changed files are kept than the parameters in
>the ACTIVE copygroups stipulate.
>
>For example:
>
>If policies are set so that:
>
>3 copies are kept if the data exists
>1 copy is kept if the data is deleted
>
>If a file then changes and is backed up 5 times, 5 copies are kept! Even if
>the data is then deleted from the client and another backup is performed. We
>have also run expire inventory with no change.
>
>Has anyone else out there found this?
>
>The time based expiration for these versions still seems to work ok.
>