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>     IBM, why can't ADSM do some kind of backup-to-archive conversion for
>     specific data of a specific client at a specific time. And then allow
>     for offsite vaulting of volumes in an "archive storage pool"? All the
>     data I want to archive is already at the ADSM server in the form of
>     backup, so why not simply copy it?
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>     Please comment on this idea.

I understand a number of customers have asked for this development. We have.