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[ADSM-L] Contents of Copy Storage Pool ?

2007-03-27 00:28:37
Subject: [ADSM-L] Contents of Copy Storage Pool ?
From: Peter Billam <peter.billam AT DPIW.TAS.GOV DOT AU>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 14:28:11 +1000
Greetings. We're confused about what gets put in the Copy Storage Pool.
Do the Inactive versions get put there, as well as the Active version ?

    11.2.2 Copy storage pools
  A copy storage pool provides an additional level of protection for
  client data and is created for the express purpose of backing up a
  primary storage pool. Copy storage pool volumes are intended for shipment
  offsite, to provide recoverability of the Tivoli Storage Manager server
  environment. The copy storage pool contains all current versions of all
  files, active and exactly as they appear in the primary storage pool.

Well, "exactly as they appear in the primary storage pool" would mean
that inactive versions do get copied; but what do the mysterious words
"active and" mean?  And "all current", does that mean current in the
storage pool i.e. including inactive versions, or current on the node
i.e. only the active version ?

(The uncertainty has arisen because our copy-pool tapes seem too empty
 to be holding all the data we thought they were supposed to be holding.)

Regards, Peter

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