Noah,

In the new upgrade to TDP for Exchange Version 2, the copy group parameters
can be set as desired to define the version limit and retention periods for
Exchange Server database
backup objects:

 Versions Data Exists
 Versions Data Deleted
 Retain Extra Versions
 Retain Only Version

According to the manual, incremental backups are always uniquely named. As a
result, incremental backups do not participate in expirations (due to
version limit) because there is never more than one version of an
incremental backup object. However, all backup objects for an Exchange
Server storage group are inactivated when a new full backup of that Exchange
Server storage group is performed. Therefore, the retention period set in
the Retain Only Version parameter controls the expiration of incremental
backup objects.

When setting the value of the Retain Only Version parameter for incremental
backups, the value must be (at a minimum) as long as the value set for the
full backup objects to which the incremental backups are associated. You can
use the same management class for incremental backups and the full backup
objects (that are retained the longest) to be sure an adequate value is
used.

Regards,

Demetrius

-----Original Message-----
From: Noah Murphy [mailto:murphyn AT COLUMBIAFUNDS DOT COM]
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 8:46 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Policy suggestions for Exchange node post upgrade to 2.2.1 TDP


I have upgraded to the 2.2 tdp for exchange and thought I set the policy to
retain 14 versions. Here is a view of the backup copy group settings.
Policy Domain Name EXCHANGE
Policy Set Name EXCHANGE_POLICY_SET
Mgmt Class Name STANDARD
Copy Group Name STANDARD
Versions Data Exists 14
Versions Data Deleted 0
Retain Extra Versions 0
Retain Only Version 0
Copy Mode MODIFIED
Copy Serialization SHRSTATIC
Copy Frequency 0
Copy Destination DISKPOOL
Last Update Date/Time 2002-08-27 06:13:50.000000
Last Update by (administrator) MURPHYN
Managing profile -
As best as I can tell this should give me 14 versions of the backups but is
only retaining two. I have been running the 1.1 tdp in a separate file space
to maintain my requirements but this is getting old fast.
Help
Thanks



Noah Murphy MCSE
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