Yep, don't complicate things... just use the -archmc=<blah> to bind a specific archive run's data to a specific management class... just add an addition option of -archmc=MGMT2_SWS
Dwight -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 7:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: archiving with different management classes Hi, I've got to take every month a monthly archive and once a year a yearly archive. Of course the protection of the latter archive is longer. The default management class has the correct archive copy group for the monthly archive (management class MGMT_SWS). I've created a second management class (MGMT2_SWS) for the yearly archive. The default dsm.opt client options file binds the archive to the correct management class for the monthly archive. I've created a second client options file dsm2.opt with an include.archive statement towards the management class MGMT2_SWS If I launch the archive from the command prompt as: dsmc archive -optfile=c:\temp\dsm2.opt -subdir=yes c:\*.* d:\*.* the archive of the files is indeed done with the management class MGMT2_SWS If I specify a schedule: Policy Domain Name POL_SWS Schedule Name TEST4 Description - Action ARCHIVE Options -optfile=c:\temp\dsm2.opt -subdir=yes Objects c:\hp\* d:\windows\winzip81\* the archives are bind towards the management class MGMT_SWS and not towards the management class MGMT2_SWS. The scheduler is bound to the dsm.opt file but if I specify another client options file in the options, this should override the default settings. Am I missing something? Kurt