Re: [ADSM-L] How to stop data from expiring

That is exactly what we have done.  Thought of it not long after I
posted yesterday.  Thank you for the advice nevertheless :o)


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Richard Sims
Sent: Monday, 3 November 2008 11:11 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] How to stop data from expiring

On Nov 2, 2008, at 11:23 PM, Cheung, Richard wrote:

> ...
> Today is Monday..  I have just been told that I need to keep the
> backup
> for /etc from Saturday until further notice due to a business
> requirement....
> ...

It sounds like they want to freeze a copy of what was on that file
system Saturday.  I think the sanest thing to do is perform a point-in-
time restoral of that data to an empty file system on that system, or
a same-type system using Virtualnodename, then do an Archive with an
infinite-retention management class.  You can then rename the
filespace to a name like "/etc_Saturday_20081101_frozen".  The backup
data can expire as usual.

    Richard Sims

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