No.
But even if you could, it doesn't do what you think.

If you are retaining 5 versions of a file, when you run the 6th backup, the
1st version is gone/expired/inaccessible.  Whether expiration has run or
not, you can't get that 1st version back (unless you restore your TSM DB to
a prior date).

Stopping expiration will prevent TSM from freeing up DB space and updating
the %reclaim values on your tape.

But the only way to increase retention of files, is to modify the mgt class
definitions they are bound to.

W





On 8/15/08, Lepre, James <jlepre AT solixinc DOT com> wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Is there a way to stop expiration from happening on a certain Node?
>
> Thank you
>
> James Lepre
>
>
>
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