I am not sure you can't change the archive retention.

There is a contradiction in the admin. Guide :

...
Archive copies are never rebound because each archive operation creates a
different archive copy. Archive copies remain bound to the management class
name specified when the user archived them.
...
=> Here : No rebinding is done .

...
If the management class to which an archive copy is bound no longer exists
or no longer contains an archive copy group, the server uses the default
management class. If you later change or replace the default management
class, the server uses the updated default management class to manage the
archive copy.
...
=> Here : If you change the mgmt class, the server uses the new mgmt class
to manage the archive

What is the real behaviour ?



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-----Original Message-----
From: Joshua S. Bassi [mailto:jbassi AT IHWY DOT COM]
Sent: jeudi 6 mars 2003 15:15
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: archive retention - quick question!!


They will expire tomorrow or whenever you run 'Expire Inventory' from
tomorrow on.  There is no way to change the archive retention within TSM.
What you should do is to restore the archive and then re-archive it to a
management class with a longer retention period.


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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Joni Moyer
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 4:27 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: archive retention - quick question!!


Hi everyone!

I just wanted to make sure I understood the archive retention period
correctly so that some of the users at my company don't lose data they
wanted to restore from 12/31/2002.  Apparently they archived the data on
12/31/2002 and it has a retention period of 65 days.  Today is the 65th day.
Will the files expire today or will they expire tomorrow?  Also, is there
anyway to prevent them from expiring (give them a longer retention
period)  before restoring the file?  Thanks for your help!

Joni Moyer
Systems Programmer
joni.moyer AT highmark DOT com
(717)975-8338