i am trying to get DRM to work at an offsite location that has TSM installed and i am confused about some aspects of it. i have read through the admin guide, and implemetation guide, i am just not finding some answers.
i have no problem with the sending the tapes offsite, following the steps there is pretty straight forward, it is the bringing them back onsite and how DRM determines what tapes go in vault retrieve status.
does it use the Retention period of the policy i have set up, which is 30 days, or does it use the SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS? So i send off my copypool tapes and my DBBackup tape. i have the DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS set to 5 days. does DRM see that number and vault retrieve everything after the 5 days is up, or just the database backup tapes?
i also have del volhist type=dbb todate=today-5, i have read some posts here that state i do not need this with DRM in use. i am confused a bit.
Also, when it comes time to checkin, i have more tapes than my library has capacity, shouldnt matter where i put them, when they are checked out, they lose their slot assignement. What is everyone else doing for put tapes back in. i have seen that i can just use the checkin command, or some move drm command i dont quite understand yet...
thanks in advance
i have no problem with the sending the tapes offsite, following the steps there is pretty straight forward, it is the bringing them back onsite and how DRM determines what tapes go in vault retrieve status.
does it use the Retention period of the policy i have set up, which is 30 days, or does it use the SET DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS? So i send off my copypool tapes and my DBBackup tape. i have the DRMDBBACKUPEXPIREDAYS set to 5 days. does DRM see that number and vault retrieve everything after the 5 days is up, or just the database backup tapes?
i also have del volhist type=dbb todate=today-5, i have read some posts here that state i do not need this with DRM in use. i am confused a bit.
Also, when it comes time to checkin, i have more tapes than my library has capacity, shouldnt matter where i put them, when they are checked out, they lose their slot assignement. What is everyone else doing for put tapes back in. i have seen that i can just use the checkin command, or some move drm command i dont quite understand yet...
thanks in advance