Wouldn't it make more sense to run an monthly archive, rather than a backup? After all, archives were *made* for long-term retention.
-- Mark Stapleton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) IBM Certified Advanced Deployment Professional Tivoli Storage Management Solutions 2005 IBM Certified Advanced Technical Expert (CATE) AIX Office 262.521.5627 >-----Original Message----- >From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >Behalf Of William Boyer >Sent: Thursday, September 01, 2005 10:22 AM >To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >Subject: Monthly full backups with MODE=ABSOLUTE > >I have a client with requirements for full monthly backups >being retained for 7-years. 2-years ago we set them up with monthly >schedules in a domain with the copygroups set to >MODE=ABSOLUTE. Now these backups are running forever and I >think it has to do with >so many versions of the files and an INCREMENTAL schedule. The >admin of ths shop has said that the monthly backups take longer each >month. > >My question...would setting -INCRBYDATE help with this? These >backups MUST be a FULL. No choice on that. > >Bill Boyer >"Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional" - ?? >
