On your second note, yes I've performed tests on a smaller scale that show
your retain only would be kept for that long...
BUT what we do here is anything required to be kept 5 years or longer we
force them to archive it into special management class that we put into a
special storage pool to ensure dual tape copies to reduce the chance of loss
due to media failure.  
A job runs periodically to audit the volumes in both the primary pool and
the copy pool, if any data turns up bad proper action is taken to correct.
just one of the many ways to skin that cat...
uh oh, sorry, didn't mean to upset any animal lovers out there.
Dwight

> ----------
> From:         Gill, Geoffrey L.[SMTP:GEOFFREY.L.GILL AT SAIC DOT COM]
> Reply To:     ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
> Sent:         Tuesday, August 29, 2000 4:58 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Repost
> 
> I posted both of these yesterday but saw no responses so I'm going to try
> this again:
> 
> Is anyone using MonitorPlus?
> 
> Is anyone using Tivoli® Decision Support for Storage Management Analysis?
> Is
> this software similar to MonitorPlus or something much different?
> 
> Opinions on both or other comparable software????
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> This may seem like a dumb question but I've got to ask it anyway. I'm
> trying
> to decide if I need to perform "archives" of some data on certain
> computers.
> Some contracts require us to keep data up to 7 years. Unfortunately the
> amount of data we've got makes it almost impossible to archive even once a
> month. So here is the question: If I use the include option for those
> specific directories where the data is, can I bind it to a management
> class
> that has a 7 year retention period? If the file is deleted on the client
> will it is in the ADSM database for 7 years as long as I specify retonly
> 2555?
> 
> Would this setup do the trick????
> 
> Versions Data Exists     3
> 
> Versions Data Deleted    1
> 
> Retain Extra Versions    60
> 
> Retain Only Version      2555
> 
> Has anyone verified, on a smaller scale probably, that this works well?
> 
> Thanks for the help....
> 
> > Geoff Gill
> > NT Systems Support Engineer
> > Computer Systems Group
> > E-Mail:   gillg AT saic DOT com
> > Phone:  (858) 826-4062
> > Pager:   (888) 997-9614
> > 
>