oh yeah, this happened to my instructor on Tivoli Storage Manager
Foundation College in Bruxelles :-)

i had to remind him :-)

2008/4/23 Yu Dong Dong (ITD) <ddyu AT cct.com DOT hk>:
> Dear Michael:
>         Thank you for your help~! I forget to activate the policy set ~! 
> Thank you very much .
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>  DongDong,
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>  1. Your retention policy expires the version before the maximum count
>  "versions data exists" is reached. If the retain-extra value is set to
>  a low number (like 4 days) and you change the file every 3 days, this
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>  2. You forgot to activate the policy set. You changed the "versions
>  data exists" value, but it didn't become active. Check the settings
>  with "q copy" and see whether the settings made their way to the
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>  best regards,
>  Michael Bartl
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>  Am 23.04.2008 um 07:45 schrieb Yu Dong Dong (ITD):
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>  > Hi all;
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>  >         I have some question with backup versions, please help me~!
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>  >         I setup the "copygroup"  "Versions Data Exists: 3",  and I use
>  > "dsmc I " backup all the file more than 3 times , but when I use "dsmc
>  > restore /home/1.txt -pick -ina" query how much of a file versions, I
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>  > that only 2 versions(one is action, another one is inaction), why
>  > ?(before backup 1.txt , I am modify the file ervery times).
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>  >         Please help me , thanks ~!
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