This would suggest to me that any inactive objects (modified or deleted) bound to this management class will be expired/removed from TSM-managed storage 30 days from their inactivation date (subject to expiration processing).
>From the TSM Server, the only way I can think of checking this would be by looking at the INACTIVE objects in the BACKUPS table for this node and count forward the RETEXTRA/RETONLY days (according to the management class to which they're bound if not the below) from their DEACTIVATE_DATE. This could be very resource intensive. You might be able to find some information from the client side, looking in the BA client restore panel, checking to view inactive objects, and then check your newly inactive objects and the management class to which they are bound. /David Mc London, UK -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Jones, Eric J Sent: 23 March 2010 13:22 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Expiration Questions Good Morning. The policy on this particular machine is. ========================================== Policy Set Name -------- ACTIVE Versions Versions Retain Retain Data Data Extra Only Exists Deleted Versions Version -------- -------- -------- ------- No Limit No Limit 30 30 =========================================== Is there a way to see how many files will expire in the next day and/or week for a particular server/workstation? Thanks Eric -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of David McClelland Sent: Friday, March 19, 2010 10:07 AM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Expiration Questions Hi Eric, When you say, "We have a 30 day policy", could you send the output of a `Q COPYGROUP` for the relevant management class? Cheers, David McClelland London, UK -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Jones, Eric J Sent: 19 March 2010 13:04 To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Expiration Questions We are running TSM 5.4 server on an AIX machine with our clients(Windows 2003/2008) running also running TSM 5.4. My question is we changed permissions on all our files on 1 of our servers 32 days ago which caused them all to be backed up again. We have a 30 day policy on the files for retention so I had expected a large expiration to take place 2 days ago but it hasn't taken place yet. Is there a way to tell 1: When these files will expire? 2: How many versions of the files are currently on the server and how many days until they expire? Thanks Eric
