Hi, you could also export this node to tape, and use relative timing if import needed for the audit
René LAMBELET NESTEC SA GLOBE - Global Business Excellence GC-Central Support Center SD-IT Av. Nestlé 55 CH-1800 Vevey (Switzerland) tél +41 (0)21 924'35'43 fax +41 (0)21 703'30'17 local BUS-10 119 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > This e-mail message is confidential and for the use of the intended > recipient(s) only. > Unauthorized use or treatment of all or part of this message is > strictly prohibited. > Unintended recipients: please notify the sender and delete the original > message, > any attachments and any copies from your computer and back-up system > immediately. > Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob Booth - CITES Sent: Saturday,19. February 2005 19:38 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Expiration/inactive node On Sat, Feb 19, 2005 at 10:26:33AM -0800, Sam Sheppard wrote: > Due to a legal investigation, I have been asked to 'freeze' the backups > on one of my client machines. We removed the client from the schedule > and changed the NODENAME parm in the dsm.opt file to specify a new > name. > > My question regards expiration processing for the 'frozen' node. My > understanding is that, as long as the client doesn't connect to the TSM > server, no expiration will take place. Is this indeed the case or is > there still some expiration of files on this system that will take > place during expire inventory processing? Will a subsequent backup be > the only way to trigger expiration? Expiration will still 'delete' inactive items based on the policy domain mgmtclass (copy group) settings. If you truly need to freeze all activity for this node, including not removing files/directories that have been marked inactive, you may have to create a new domain with unlimited retention for all copies inactive. It is true however, that if another backup isn't performed, the files that are now marked as active, will stay that way, until the administrator deletes them with a delete filespace command. hth, bob