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Re: ADSM expectations too high??

1998-09-17 19:23:37
Subject: Re: ADSM expectations too high??
From: "Donald W. Daniels/FFIC" <Donald_W._Daniels/FFIC AT FFIC DOT COM>
Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 19:23:37 -0400
Andy, thanks for the information. I will, as you recommend, pursue adding our
voice to the requirement.   Thanks to listserver participant Bill Colwell, I
now have a very nice work-around solution to avoid the  unthinkable
restore-then-archive exercise.
   Don Daniels
   Firemans Fund Insurance Company






storman AT US.IBM DOT COM (Andrew Raibeck) on 09/17/98 12:46:58 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU @ INTERNET
cc:  (bcc: Donald W. Daniels/FFIC)
Subject: Re: ADSM expectations too high??

Hello Don,

There is no way to change existing backup versions to archive
versions without the restore/archive process you mentioned.

You could, however, change the management class(es) to which
the files are bound such that the copygroup retention settings
keep the data for longer periods of time. But this would affect
all files bound to that management class, and not just the ones
in particular you want to address. Also, as you create new
backup versions of the files, the older ones would be subject to
versioning. While you could tell ADSM to keep an unlimited number
of extra versions forever, this could quickly consume tremendous
amounts of storage, both in the ADSM database and on tape. So
this isn't really a viable solution.

I know we've heard requirements like this before. For what it's
worth, I think a lot of ADSM developers agree that we need to do
something in this area. It's probably more a matter of "when"
rather than "if", although nothing is set that I am aware of.
In the mean time, you should ask your IBM rep to add your voice
to an existing requirement (they can search for one), or open a
new requirement.

Best regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Storage Systems Division
ADSM Client Development
e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

I've submitted this question worded a couple of different ways and have
received no responses. I'm a novice to ADSM and ADSM is new to my company ..
it's in pilot mode to see if it can meet the needs to protect our client server
environment initially then move into the mainframe environment later.  My
question is based on a scenario where I backed up 120GB of data.  After the
fact, the requirement arose to preserve this data for a long period of time.
Sounds reasonable to me that this data could be reconfigred in ADSM to another
storage pool or placed in archive.   However, in looking through the
documentation, it appears that this 120GB of data must be restored to disk then
archived . . . a very time consuming task. I much appreciate input from IBM or
anyone as to whether there's a better way or if in fact the only solution is
restore and archive . ..


  Thanks,
  Don
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