21 days. According to Table 17 in the admin guide, the RETONLY clock starts ticking when the file goes inactive, which happens during the first backup after the file is deleted from server storage.
_____________________________ William Mansfield Senior Consultant Solution Technology, Inc 630 718 4238 Gerald Wichmann To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <gwichmann@SA cc: NSIA.COM> Subject: Data Retention Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] RIST.EDU> 11/13/2001 12:14 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" With the following retention values: Versions data exists - nolimit Versions data deleted - nolimit Retain extra versions - 14 Retain only versions - 21 When a version is deleted from the server and after 14 days have passed, is the "only" version retained for 7 more days or for 21 more days? That's always confused me :-) Gerald Wichmann System Engineer StorageLink 408-844-8893 (v) 408-844-9801 (f)