One approach to this is to send the original tapes for offsite storage, not
the clones.  2 advantages: a) you know the original tapes are good, they've
just been completely read, and b) you can recycle clones without worrying
about affecting originals.  Downside is that doing restores from original
tapes may be slower, but most of the time, you're using your (now) onsite
clones anyway.

This way you can extend retention on originals for 7 years or whatever
(either nsrmm command or set up Monthly clients, pools, groups,
schedules...) to keep their indexes online, but now you'll have to manually
recycle the clones to re-use them.

About separate record of what's on tape: I advise clients to simply print
off "mminfo -av" listing to go with each batch of tapes sent offsite.

$.02
Carl Farnsworth
DigiDyne Inc.


On Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:05:15 GMT, Log Message <logmsg AT EASYLINK DOT COM> 
wrote:

>I am trying to come up with a strategy to make a "safe" copy that I'll
keep for
>for more then 1 year.  The clone is made into a clone pool.   The problem
is the
>saveset browse and retention time on that cloned copy are the same as the
>original saveset.   I can't increase the browse and retention on the clone
copy
>without it increasing on the copy in the online pool.  I want to make sure
the
>cloned copy does not expire and get recycled.    How are people handling
this?
>If I remove the tape from the library, or mark the whole volume as not
>recyclable, that would do it.   When the savesets expire and drop out of
the
>index, are files on the clone tape are only accessible by doing a scanner
on the
>tape??     Would it make sense to create a flat file with a listing on the
tape
>with index marks or something similar that would make accessing files on
the tape
>easier if needed?    Is there a way to purge the entry off the regular
backup
>pool, but keep the information in the database for the clone pool.
>
>I am using NW 6.1.1. HPUX 10.20
>
>Thanks,
>Tom
>
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