Rich,

we defined 2 different management classes: one for offline, one for
online backups. The retention days are set accordingly.

Regards,

René Lambelet - (3543 - *A581 
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestlé - CH-1800 Vevey
Tel: ++41/21/924'35'43 / Fax: ++41/21/924'45'89
E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com



>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Lynch, Rich [SMTP:Lynch.Rich AT MBCO DOT COM]
>Sent:  Friday, May 08, 1998 10:12 PM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       ADSM and Backint - Archive versions?
>
>I'm running out of storage pool tapes and I think its because my
>management class properties for my archive copy groups are improperly
>configured.
> In my init<SID>.utl file I have MAX_VERSIONS set to 9 - So I keep 9
>full copies of my PRD database, right? (I do full online backups
>nightly, and once a week I do a full off-line backup) My Length of Time
>to keep archive versions is set to 30. Does this mean that we keep each
>version of my database copy for 30 days. I dont need to keep each
>database copy version for 30 days, thats way to long for DR strategy.
>What do "you" other SAP/Backint/ADSM people do. Any comments/suggestions
>would be appreciated.