As Richard told, you can use TSM archives.
But you can scrutinise the statament about TSM only beeing able to store 5 to 7
file version only.
This limitation is not a TSM technical limitation, TSM can store even unlimited
amount of backup versions.
5 to 7 versions is merely a policy which your TSM administrator set-up using
such values.
she does have simple possibility to create another policy (called management
class / backup copy group)
And she can even apply it to your files only, leaving all other files with 5-7
backup versions.
Sure, you must be able to define your files by either unique location and/or
name pattern for this purpose.
If this policy change and consequent the slightly risen complexity of your TSM
configuration
and the higher demand on TSM Hardware ressources pays for your business
requirement,
only you and your TSM guy can decide.
It seem you are telling about 75 SQL server backups,
in this case SQL backup agent should be considered.
best
Juraj
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von miggiddymatt
Gesendet: Montag, 30. Juli 2007 21:49
An: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Betreff: Newbie question about version numbers and amount of backups
I haven't actually used TSM very much (my organization has an employee that
just works with TSM), but I was wondering what solutions there were for
implementing something similar to a grandfather/father/son rotation scheme for
keeping files that my organization backs up.
I've asked our TSM person for suggestions, but she's telling me that our only
option is to save 5 or 7 copies of a file.
We don't have agents or the like for SQL servers, so currently we do a dump
every night that gets backed up by TSM.
For many of my systems, this means we only have a backup of 5 or 7 days.
Currently my only option is to append the date onto the dump which forces TSM
to keep it as a seperate file each day. Is there any way to just keep
different dates of the same file without me having to go back to my 75 SQL
servers and change the job so that the date is on the end of each filename?
Thanks in advance for the help.
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