DOH! OK, you said copy group retention, I read copy storage pool retention. Understood now.
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wanda Prather Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] "Freezing" my Email backups and starting fresh Yes, you change ALL the copy group retentions to NOLIM, but ONLY in the EXCHANGE-FREEZE domain. And the only client in that domain is CLIENT-FREEZE, the original Exchange backup client. So those backups are locked down, but everything else (including the new registration of your Exchange client) follows regular rules. On 1/9/08, Bell, Charles (Chip) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, I followed through with your suggestions, in order. If I follow them, > I > would not need to change the copy group retention to nolimit across the > board? Just asking...I would prefer not to have to retain everything > forever. > :) > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Wanda Prather > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:22 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] "Freezing" my Email backups and starting fresh > > The only way to guarantee that your stuff will not expire, is to change > the > copy group retention to NOLIM/NOLIM/NOLIM/NOLIM. > > SO here's what I would do: > > Copy the domain EXCHANGE to a new domain EXCHANGE-FREEZE > Update the copy groups in that domain to verexist=NOLIM, retextra=NOLIM, > etc > etc > Activate the policy set to pick up the changes > Rename your mail client to CLIENT-FREEZE > Update CLIENT-FREEZE to domain=EXCHANGE-FREEZE > > That puts all the backups for the mail client into a domain where NOTHING > ever expires. > > Re-register your client with its original name in the EXCHANGE domain, and > continue backing up with it. > Future backups will still be governed by the rules in the EXCHANGE comain, > but the stuff in the EXCHANGE-FREEZE domain will just sit there. > > YOu will have to remember if somebody needs a restore of EXCHANGE stuff > prior to today, you'll need to get it from the CLIENT-FREEZE client. > > There are alternatives, including a backupset and an export tape. The > problem I have with those: the data is on the tape, but the older backups > will continue to expire out of the TSM DB. So, 6 months from now, you > don't > have anyway to figure out what is ON the backupset or EXPORT tape. This > way > you can query the DB to see what is in there, if your lawyers need > something. > > Wanda > > On 1/9/08, Bell, Charles (Chip) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I just had a request from my boss via our legal dept. to freeze our > email > > backups, but of course we want to continue our backups nightly going > > forward. > > What is the easiest way to do that? Our Exchange backups our managed > > through > > a domain called EXCHANGE, go straight to VTL, and are sent offsite on > > LTO2. > > Thanks in advance! > > > > > > > > God bless you!!! > > > > Chip Bell > > Network Engineer I > > IBM Tivoli Certified Deployment Professional (ITSM 5.2) > > Baptist Health System > > Birmingham, AL > > Office (205) 715-5106 > > Pager (205) 817-0357 > > Home (256) 739-0947 > > Cell (256) 347-7294 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > > Confidentiality Notice: > > The information contained in this email message is privileged and > > confidential information and intended only for the use of the > > individual or entity named in the address. If you are not the > > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > > distribution, or copying of this information is strictly > > prohibited. If you received this information in error, please > > notify the sender and delete this information from your computer > > and retain no copies of any of this information. > > >
