But as Michael Nored pointed out, NetWorker will use the longest period of the 
2, per the field help in the pool configuration screen.

How do I configure a long enough browse policy on my monthly group and get the 
daily and weekly to use the shorter retention policy of the pool?

If I am missing something, let me know because having a daily, weekly, 
monthly, and module(s) client definitions seems like a lot of work up front 
but I do not see anyway around it to accomplish this task.

On Wednesday 19 March 2008, Davina Treiber wrote:
> Teresa Biehler wrote:
> > We have at least 3 client definitions for each client.  In fact, in some
> > cases (Exchange, MS SQL), we have more than 3.  We do this to get the
> > data retention and pool separation that we need for our daily, weekly
> > and monthly backups.  Initial set-up was not fun, but it is not too
> > difficult to manage. You do, however, need good processes including
> > scripting common tasks (creating clients, updating groups, etc.).
>
> If you are doing Exchange, MS SQL, and filesystem backups for the same
> client, you will need multiple client resources as each of them will
> have different save set lists and backup commands.
>
> However if you are backing up the same save sets with the same backup
> command and all that changes is the pool and/or retention you can
> achieve the same effect without as many client resources. All you need
> to do is make the client a member of multiple groups. Each of these
> groups can have different schedules (which overrides the schedule set on
> the client) and each group can be assigned to a different pool, allowing
> the data to be have a different retention (specified on the pool).
>
> One slight snag may occur if the browse period is longer than any of the
> retention periods set on the pool - as pointed out by another poster
> earlier today. There is no easy solution to this - other than for the
> developers to have done the job properly.
>
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