You have to know your business needs.
Just a notice:
Schould your directories expire,
you still will be able to restore your files.
The only difference is the directory tree will not be restored
(because of directories in TSM expired => lost),
but re-created, just like you would issue series of MKDIR
commands.
Consequently, you will have correct directory names,
but not your old access rights and another attributes (like hidden, or
extended attributes in OS/2, etc.).

If this is not an issue for you,
you can define DIRMC with short retention period,
thus saving your tsm database space.

If directory attributes are important for you,
you may even define DIRMC with unlimited settings,
at least for nodes concerned.

regards
juraj Salak


-----Original Message-----
From: Talafous, John G. [mailto:Talafous AT TIMKEN DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 2:51 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Backing Up Dir's


Along this thread...  Are there any guidelines for retention and number of
copies in the DIRMC management class? I've looked and looked and it seems
the best scenario is to clone your management class with the longest
retention. But, is this correct?

John G. Talafous              IS Technical Principal
The Timken Company            Global Software Support
P.O. Box 6927                 Data Management
1835 Dueber Ave. S.W.         Phone: (330)-471-3390
Canton, Ohio USA  44706-0927  Fax  : (330)-471-4034
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