Thanks.  Just wanted to double check since I've never done this before.

Thanks again,
Eric

-----Original Message-----
From: Prather, Wanda [mailto:Wanda.Prather AT jhuapl DOT edu]
Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:14 PM
To: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager
Cc: Jones, Eric J
Subject: RE: POLICY SET Question


You are exactly correct!

Changes to the management classes/copy groups do not take effect
immediately, they take effecty when you Activate the policy set.
That will make the Changed policy set and Active the same.

Changing RETEXTRA and RETONLY to 180 will do what you want.

The only time you should have to stop/restart your TSM server are to
apply server maintenance, to restore the data base (hopefully something
you nEVER have to do!) or (sometimes) to clear a hardware problem.

Wanda Prather
"I/O, I/O, It's all about I/O"  -(me)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Jones, Eric J
Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 1:05 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: POLICY SET Question


Good Afternoon.
I'm new to the policy sets and someone else set them up for the server.
I need to make a change to a Policy Set and was wondering if I needed to
stop and start the server for the change to take affect.
I need to change the Retain Extra Versions and Retain Only Version from
30 days to 180 days(6 months).
If I go into the POLICY SET and drill down to "STANDARD Backup Copy
Group" for the policy and do a "Update Copy Group" and change from 30 to
180 will it take affect immediately or do I need to be at the Policy
Sets, Select "Validate Policy Set", then "Activate Policy Set".  Also
when I "Activate Policy Set" does this move it to the "ACTIVE" so both
are the same.
I need to keep all copies of the file for 180 days.
I'm running TSM 5.2.2 server on AIX 5.2.

========================================================================
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Backup Copy Groups : UNIX6MONTH UNIX6_MONTH_POLICY UNIX6_MONTH_MGMT
STANDARD
Policy Domain Name      UNIX6MONTH
Policy Set Name UNIX6_MONTH_POLICY
Mgmt Class Name UNIX6_MONTH_MGMT
Copy Group Name STANDARD
Versions Data Exists    NOLIMIT
Versions Data Deleted   NOLIMIT
Retain Extra Versions   30
Retain Only Version     30
Copy Mode       MODIFIED
Copy Serialization      SHRSTATIC
Copy Frequency  0
Copy Destination        DISKPOOL3
Table of Contents (TOC) Destination     -
Last Update Date/Time   2004-08-24 07:31:25.000000
Last Update by (administrator)  JONES
Managing profile        -

Have a Great Day,
Eric Jones
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