I have some questions about how your use of a different node for monthly
backups.
Do you do a selective backup to get all files, or just run an incremental?
Do you specify # versions for retention or use unlimited and rely on the #
days retention of extra and last backup?
If you use selective backup, how is this any better than just doing an
archive?
I'd like to get this info in case I get a request to do this down the road.
Thanks.
Tina
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robin Sharpe [SMTP:robin_sharpe AT HOTMAIL DOT COM]
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 8:59 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: ADSM-L Digest - 21 Jan 1999 to 22 Jan 1999
>
> Guy,
> We have a similar requirement: keep weekly backups for 1 month, monthly
> for 1 year.
>
> 1. Yes, you must use different management classes to get different
> retention, but...
>
> 2. You can't backup the same data to different mgmt classes because
> what's already on the server will get rebound to the new mgmt class...
> For example, in my environment, when the monthly backup runs, all the
> existing weekly backup versions would be rebound and kept for 1 year,
> then next week, everything would be rebound again and kept for 1 month,
> etc... SO...
>
> 3. The only solution we could come up with is to have a DIFFERENT NODE
> defined on the server for EACH DIFFERENT RETENTION REQUIREMENT. For
> each client, we have a CLIENT node and a CLIENT-MONTHLY node. The
> monthly management class is defined in a MONTHLY_DMN domain and the
> CLIENT-MONTHLY node is in that domain. Since ADSM server thinks it's a
> different client, no rebind.
>
> Hope this helps...
>
> Robin Sharpe
> Berlex Labs
>
> ----original message----------------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:39:24 EST
> CUUKMAIL" <guy_sheppard AT UK.CU DOT COM>
> Subject: Backup retention - differing requirements
>
> ...
> My understanding is that ADSM can be made to do this by defining
> differing
> Management classes. However, in order to attach those management classes
> to
> each of the differing backups; I'd have to have multiple options files
> and keep
> manually switching them depending on the requrements.
>
> Please advise if I'm talking rubbish !!!
>
> Thanks, Guy.
>
>
>
>
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