Steve

  What about

  "What if a user deletes a file and needs it back after 7 days"

   are they out of luck ?

Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
Steven Harris
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:43 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Backup retention question


Yes, that was the spec that Bruce Dollens originally posited.

Tim Brown wrote:
> Steve
>
>   I responded wrong I meant
>
>   "You are deleting all backups of a file 7 days after being deleted
>   from the filesystem"
>
>   What if a user deletes a file and needs it back after 7 days.
>
> Tim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf
Of
> Steven Harris
> Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:30 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: Backup retention question
>
>
> No Tim
>
> Its number of versions or number of days retained, whichever is
> *shorter*.
>
> Regards
>
> Steve.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>              Tim Brown
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>                                        question
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>              Please respond to
>              "ADSM: Dist Stor
>                  Manager"
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>
>
>
>
>
> You are then in essence keeping deleted versions of files forever
right
> ?
> With "Versions Data Deleted: Nolimit"
>
> Tim
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steven Harris" <sjharris AT AU1.IBM DOT COM>
> To: <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:13 PM
> Subject: Re: Backup retention question
>
>
>
>> Hi Bruce
>>
>> IMO the best way is
>>
>>              Versions Data Exists: Nolimit
>>              Versions Data Deleted: Nolimit
>>              Retain Extra Versions: 7
>>              Retain Only Version: 7
>>
>> This guarantees that the data will be kept 7 days.  With your setup,
>>
> if
>
>> someone runs a selective, or an extra incremental in the middle of
the
>>
> day
>
>> on a file that has changed, the last version will be pushed off.
>>
> Also,
> as
>
>> a bonus, expiration processing is more efficient where the versions
>> parameters are not in play.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Steven Harris
>> TSM Admin, Sydney Australia
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>             "Dollens, Bruce"
>>             <BDollens@TXFB-IN
>>             S.COM>
>>
> To
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>>             Sent by: "ADSM:           ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>>             Dist Stor
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> cc
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>>             Manager"
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>>
> Subject
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>>             .EDU>                     [ADSM-L] Backup retention
>>
> question
>
>>             06/06/2008 06:10
>>             AM
>>
>>
>>             Please respond to
>>             "ADSM: Dist Stor
>>                 Manager"
>>             <[email protected]
>>                   .EDU>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> We are wanting to setup a new policy domain and management class for
>>
> our
>
>> Active Directory backups.  We want to keep only 7 days of backups. If
>>
> I
>
>> wanted to accomplish this would the management class look like this?
>>
> (I
>
>> have a difficult time with this part of it for some reason).
>>
>>                           Versions Data Exists: 7
>>              Versions Data Deleted: 7
>>              Retain Extra Versions: 7
>>              Retain Only Version: 7
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> >
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