Why won't these backup copygroup settings work?

VEREXISTS=NOLIMIT
VERDELETED=NOLIMIT
RETEXTRA=50
RETONLY=50

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2006-01-11
01:00:12:

> Hello *SMlers,
>
> yesterday i was faced with a requirement that i don't know how to
> handle.
>
> We are in the need to back up a bunch of files (approx. between 5
> and 15 GBytes/day) for 50 days after hey where created on the
> underlying file system.
>
> Problem: each file may stay for up to 50 days on the filesystem, may
> be deleted after one day or something in between. The backed up
> file in TSM has definitively to expire after 50 days.
>
> My first thought was to use archive instead of backup, but i am
> afraid this would blow up the storage pool in terms of size.
>
> Any suggestions on this ?
>
> TIA
>
> regards Guenther
>
> --
> Guenther Bergmann, Am Kreuzacker 10, 63150 Heusenstamm, Germany
> Certified Service Manager
> Guenther_Bergmann at gbergmann dot de
> http://www.gbergmann.de