Re: Backup Copygroup setting

2008-04-22 Thread Richard Sims
On Apr 22, 2008, at 1:29 PM, David E Ehresman wrote: Set Version Exists and Versions Deleted to no limit. Set Retain versions and Retain only to 1. Delete the file from disk after 60 days. The backup will go away a day later. If an Incremental backup on a directory, yes; but we have no inf

Re: Backup Copygroup setting

2008-04-22 Thread David E Ehresman
Set Version Exists and Versions Deleted to no limit. Set Retain versions and Retain only to 1. Delete the file from disk after 60 days. The backup will go away a day later. >>> "Whitlock, Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 4/22/2008 11:50 AM >>> I have a SQL user who creates a nightly backup with an

Re: Backup Copygroup setting

2008-04-22 Thread Nicholas Rodolfich
You should be able to set the Retain Extra Versions to 60, Version Data Exists and the Versions Data Deleted to nolimit and the server will, defacto, allow TSM to keep versions based on their age. This is what you would do to enable point-in-time restores as well. Of course, this will mean more sto

Re: Backup Copygroup setting

2008-04-22 Thread Das, Samiran (GTS)
ards, Samiran -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Whitlock, Brett Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:51 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Backup Copygroup setting I have a SQL user who creates a nightly backup with an older versio

Backup Copygroup setting

2008-04-22 Thread Whitlock, Brett
I have a SQL user who creates a nightly backup with an older version of litespeed. They only want to retain 60 days. The problem is each nightly backup has a unique date/time stamp. Therefore TSM sees every file as an active version. Since each version is active I am just keeping everything. T