On Dec 1, 2004, at 11:13 AM, Prather, Wanda wrote:

Mark's right, there is no GOOD way to do this.
You can't create an "archive" with data that is already on TSM tapes,
except as a backupset, which can be a pain to track and can't be
browsed. ...

I'll also add that the lack of a simple way to preserve data, as when
a sudden regulatory or emergency requirement arises, is an, um,
"opportunity for a product feature" (rather than a shortcoming :-).

A further complication in the poster's need is the ability to capture
Inactive files, which a Backupset can't do.

A partial, but perhaps satisfactory, measure might be to temporarily
create a "preservation" file system (name appropriately), perform a
-latest restoral of the subject directory into it, and perform a TSM
Archive on that, whereafter the file system can be disposed of.  This
will at least capture all of the object names which are and have been
in that directory, in their most recent versions.

  Richard Sims     http://people.bu.edu/rbs/ADSM.QuickFacts

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