Steve What about
"What if a user deletes a file and needs it back after 7 days" are they out of luck ? Tim -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steven Harris Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:43 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: Backup retention question Yes, that was the spec that Bruce Dollens originally posited. Tim Brown wrote: > Steve > > I responded wrong I meant > > "You are deleting all backups of a file 7 days after being deleted > from the filesystem" > > What if a user deletes a file and needs it back after 7 days. > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > Steven Harris > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:30 PM > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Backup retention question > > > No Tim > > Its number of versions or number of days retained, whichever is > *shorter*. > > Regards > > Steve. > > > > > > > Tim Brown > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > M> > To > Sent by: "ADSM: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Dist Stor > cc > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject > .EDU> Re: [ADSM-L] Backup retention > question > > 10/06/2008 08:29 > AM > > > Please respond to > "ADSM: Dist Stor > Manager" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > .EDU> > > > > > > > You are then in essence keeping deleted versions of files forever right > ? > With "Versions Data Deleted: Nolimit" > > Tim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steven Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:13 PM > Subject: Re: Backup retention question > > > >> Hi Bruce >> >> IMO the best way is >> >> Versions Data Exists: Nolimit >> Versions Data Deleted: Nolimit >> Retain Extra Versions: 7 >> Retain Only Version: 7 >> >> This guarantees that the data will be kept 7 days. With your setup, >> > if > >> someone runs a selective, or an extra incremental in the middle of the >> > day > >> on a file that has changed, the last version will be pushed off. >> > Also, > as > >> a bonus, expiration processing is more efficient where the versions >> parameters are not in play. >> >> HTH >> >> Steve >> >> Steven Harris >> TSM Admin, Sydney Australia >> >> >> >> >> "Dollens, Bruce" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> S.COM> >> > To > >> Sent by: "ADSM: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Dist Stor >> > cc > >> Manager" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Subject > >> .EDU> [ADSM-L] Backup retention >> > question > >> 06/06/2008 06:10 >> AM >> >> >> Please respond to >> "ADSM: Dist Stor >> Manager" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> .EDU> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> We are wanting to setup a new policy domain and management class for >> > our > >> Active Directory backups. We want to keep only 7 days of backups. If >> > I > >> wanted to accomplish this would the management class look like this? >> > (I > >> have a difficult time with this part of it for some reason). >> >> Versions Data Exists: 7 >> Versions Data Deleted: 7 >> Retain Extra Versions: 7 >> Retain Only Version: 7 >> >> Thanks! >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 270.2.0/1493 - Release Date: 6/9/2008 5:25 PM >
