If it's for special need you could export the data and re-import when the
need arises.

Stefan Gocke

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> schrieb am 26.06.2004
16:07:19:

> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On
> Behalf Of Hart, Charles
> >We have an issue where a group wants us to hold a Full
> >Exchange Backup from 90 Days ago forever.  The simple answer
> >would be change the Exchange Policy to No limit on retention
> >which would really chew tape.  Is it possible to generate a
> >"Backup Set" or Archive of Exchange Data from 80-90 days ago
> >(Our Retention = 90) (Backed Up with the TDP)
>
> You can't create a backupset of data backed up with API-based software,
> such as TDP for Mail (Exchange), and I don't believe you can archive it
> either.
>
> You could create a second node name and use it to create a monthly
> backup (a "snapshot", as it were) of Exchange data and hold on to that
> backup forever.
>
> This may be one of those times when people are telling you how to get
> what they want, rather than telling you what their bottom line is. Go
> back to the group in question and ask what exactly it is they want. You
> may find better ways to get to their desired end goal.
>
> If indeed they want to keep Exchange data forever (we all know they'll
> *never* use it--who wants to go back 60 days for old mail), tell them
> that they are welcome to donate a big chunk of money for the tape
> library it would take to store all of that data.
>
> --
> Mark Stapleton