Where would you draw the line with this? For monthly snapshots, you're saying it works better than archives/backupsets. Would you also extend this to replacing yearly archives that need to be around 7 years? I don't see why not, but I've not spent as much time mulling it over as you probably have.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 8/15/2006 12:26 PM >>> >> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:04:11 -0500, Dave Mussulman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Any opinion on archives vs. backupsets for a monthly snapshot kept for 6 > months? Yes; E) None of the above. If you want a monthly snapshot, define a new devclass, with different retention parameters; perhaps: verexists: 8 verdeleted: 8 retextra: 300 retonly: 300 This is slightly paranoid, with a little extra in each category. Then define a FOO-MONTHLY node as an echo of each node FOO in your normal management class. Run the incrs for the -MONTHLY nodes, .... monthly. ;) You'll accumulate 8 versions with these settings, and since you're only cutting new versions (at a maximum) monthly, you'll have 8 months. I used 8 instead of 6 Just In Case someone runs an incr out of school, so you don't the oldest version off the end of the queue. For a more detailed level of "snapshot", you could set FREQUENCY=30, and run incrementals against the -MONTHLY nodes every day. This way you still keep 95% of the advantages of incremental-forever processing, and still leverage the TSM database. Resort to backupsets if your needs include restore operations independant of a running TSM server, or independant of good network. - Allen S. Rout Confidentiality Notice follows: The information in this message (and the documents attached to it, if any) is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken, or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please delete all electronic copies of this message (and the documents attached to it, if any), destroy any hard copies you may have created and notify me immediately by replying to this email. Thank you.
