If you manage your RETVER and VEREXISTS and RETONLY parameters
properly, this can be accomplished with point in time *restores*,
rather than point in time backups.

-- Tom
Thomas A. La Porte
Thomas A. La Porte
DreamWorks SKG
tlaporte AT anim.dreamworks DOT com

On Thu, 7 Mar 2002, Cheri Howard wrote:

>I have numerous customers who are requesting that, in addition to their TSM
>daily incremental backups, I also provide them with  "point in time"
>backups of their data on significant days like month end, quarter end, etc.
>
>I would guess there are numerous ways this can be accomplished with TSM.
>I'm looking for input from those who are doing this successfully and would
>be willing to share what method they're using to accomplish this and the
>pros and cons of their chosen method.
>
>Thanks in advance for your input!
>
>Cheri Howard
>Lead Storage Analyst
>Aid Association for Lutherans/Lutheran Brotherhood
>4321 N. Ballard Road, Appleton, WI  54919-0001
>http://www.aal.org
>