Re: [Networker] index default browse and retention

David Dulek wrote:

But as Michael Nored pointed out, NetWorker will use the longest period of the2, per the field help in the pool configuration screen.
How do I configure a long enough browse policy on my monthly group and get thedaily 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 frontbut I do not see anyway around it to accomplish this task.


No you're not missing something - EMC Engineering is missing something.

It has taken them years to add this functionality of putting a retentionperiod on the pool - and it is very welcome. It is just a shame thatthey didn't also add the functionality of specifying a browse period onthe pool. If you look at the attributes available in the NSR poolresource there is an attribute called retention policy, but not onecalled browse policy.

The same happened with groups - except tantalisingly one step closer towhat is really needed. For quite some time there has been a "-w"parameter to the savegrp command, which allows the browse period to bespecified when manually running a group. There is an attribute of NSRgroup called expiration policy but sadly they have not added acorresponding attribute for browse policy to allow this parameter to bepicked up when running a group from the NetWorker schedule.

I have never quite understood what the difference is between expiration(-e param to savegrp) and retention (-y param to savegrp). To me theymean the same thing.

I have also never understood why they use the word expiration when thecorrect word is expiry.

If you don't need such long browse periods or you can compromise onusing the browse period the same as the shortest retention, then thecurrent system works fine. Otherwise you have a problem. The only wayround your situation would be a script to modify expiry and browsepolicies using nsrmm. Messy and unsatisfactory.


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