Figure out which management class is governing your Oracle backups.  Q node 
nodename where nodename is the name the client uses to identify itself.  Check 
to see which policy domain the node is in.

Q copy domainname f=d

You'll probably see verexists=2, verdel=1 retextra=30 retonly=60.

The most accurate settings for a 60 day retention (which is a long time for a 
database IMHO) should be 

verexists=60, verdel=60 retextra=60 retonly=60

So,

Update copy domainname policysetname magagementclassname STANDARD verexists=60 
verdel=60 retextra=60 retonly=60

Then activate the policyset:

Activate policyset domainname policysetname

And you're done.

It is likely that the policyset and managementclassname is STANDARD as well.  
If I had set up your system the commands would look like

Update copy ORACLE STANDARD STANDARD STANDARD verexists=60 verdel=60 
retextra=60 retonly=60
Activate ORACLE STANDARD

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-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Sujatha chk
Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 12:43 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Data retention period 60days

Hi Gurus,

we backup our oracle database using rman to TAPE by TSM media management. 
Currently  Backup Retention policy has been set to 30 days. Please guide me on 
how to configure Back up Retention period to 60 days?

-Sujatha

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