Register two nodes as Marcus suggests.

This is what we do and it works extremely well.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marcus Witts [SMTP:Marcus.Witts AT TECTRADE.CO DOT UK]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2003 7:42 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: TOP for Exchange Backup Policy
>
> hello yashwant.
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> hope you are well.
>
> my thoughts on this are that you are registering two nodes to get around
> limitations in the code, therefore it's legit.
>
>
> marcus
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>            "Rane, Yashwant"
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> Hi All,
>
> We have implemented the TDP for exchange (24 X 7 environment). TSM backup
> policy set to 90 days.
> But Management wants to retain monthly backups permanently.
>
> In this case backup set and archives can not be used as it does not
> support
> TDP for exchange. Other solution is to use two node names for TDP backup.
> Use one node name for daily backup and other node name for monthly backup.
>
> My question is whether these two node names will be counted as two license
> in use?
> What is the general practice followed to retain monthly backups
> permanently.
>
> Regards
> Rane