Paul,

If you did NOT change management classes, and you activated the
policy set, the next time expiration is run, the inactive
versions should be deleted (as long as VERDELETED is 0.)

But, if you "fixed" this by changing the policy so that
new backups will go to a different management class,
and therefore the "inactivated" backups will stay with the
old management class, then the only way is to wait out the
time limit specified in the RETONLY parameter or
delete the filespace and start from scratch.

Thanks,

Del

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Del Hoobler
Del Hoobler
IBM Corporation
hoobler AT us.ibm DOT com


Cecil Lawrence <cecil.lawrence AT CLEAR.CO DOT NZ>@VM.MARIST.EDU> on 01/31/2001
11:18:25 AM

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        Message sent on Paul Ewing's behalf :

> We run TDP for Microsoft Exchange. When the Backup Copy Group was set up
> it did not have
> the VERDELETED parameter set to 0 (zero). I have corrected and activated
> the Backup Copy Group.
> However the inactive backup versions do not get rebound and will not be
> deleted. What is the best way of
> removing them.
>
>
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