Have you actually run 20 or more backups since the "Retain Extra Versions"
was set to nolimit?
And if so, were there any files that changed each time and were actually
backed up 20 times?

Robin Sharpe
Berlex Laboratories



                    "Warren, Matthew
                    James"
                    <matthewjames.warre To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
                    n AT EDS DOT COM>          cc:    (bcc: Robin 
Sharpe/WA/USR/SHG)
                                        Subject:
                    08/29/01 06:34 AM          Re: Versions data exist problem
                    Please respond to
                    "ADSM: Dist Stor
                    Manager"







Hi,

A little thing,

Have you validated and activated your policy sets?

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Matthew Warren.          GZPTXW
MatthewJames.Warren AT eds DOT com <mailto:MatthewJames.Warren AT eds DOT com>
EDS Core Infrastructure,
UK Technical Services Group,
Wavendon Tower, Milton Keynes.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cyril Todorov [mailto:c.todorov AT SOF.BULBANK DOT BG]
> Sent: 29 August 2001 10:22
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Versions data exist problem
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I have the following problem: I want to support 20 existing
> versions of data in a policy domain named AIX. I defined a
> copy group with appropriate settings (see below), but TSM
> retains only 5 versions - 1 active and 4 inactive.
>
> Any suggestions where I am wrong?
>
> Thanks about any answers in advance :-)
>
> Cyril Todorov
> TSM administrator
> Bulbank AD
>
>
>       Policy Domain Name AIX
>       Policy Set Name ACTIVE
>       Mgmt Class Name RS6000
>       Copy Group Name STANDARD
>       Versions Data Exists 20
>       Versions Data Deleted 2
>       Retain Extra Versions NOLIMIT
>       Retain Only Version 180
>       Copy Mode MODIFIED
>       Copy Serialization SHRDYNAMIC
>       Copy Frequency 0
>       Copy Destination BACKUPPOOL
>       Last Update Date/Time 2001-08-29 11:28:34.000000
>       Last Update by (administrator) ADMIN
>       Managing profile -
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------------
>