Hrrmm... I probably confused everyone... The customer here has already created a new management class, but we are now dealing primarily with how to gracefully age out data in the original management class...
-----Original Message----- From: Remeta, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 2:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Archive retention question I'm pretty sure as long as you just CHANGE the archive group it will change the retention settings. Dale was talking about creating a NEW archive group. If Dale wanted to change the retention value for 3_Month to actually 1 month he would be better of changing the retention value for 3_Month to 1 month rather than create a new group called 1_Month. Creating a new group would do nothing for the existing 3_Month group. I know I changed one of my archive groups from infinite to 1 year and saw tapes start to reclaim... Mark -----Original Message----- From: bbullock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 3:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Archive retention question Wait a second..... So, lets say I set up a management class with the archive copypool set to 5 years and I archive a bunch of files. A couple of years later, legal comes to me and says, "laws have changed, we now need to keep those files for 10 years." I have been under the false impression that I could change the archive copygroup to 10 years, and the currently archived files would hang around for an extra 5 years. This is not so? Hmm, just when I thought I had it figured out... So that means I must retrieve all 3TB of data to somewhere and re-archive it to keep it around for the extra 5 years? Not a pleasant thought. I've always wished that I could change the management class an archive is bound to ~after~ it has been archived. For example, just last week, a DBA archived a dump of a 900GB database, to a 90-day management class instead of a 2 year management. Sure, I can delete the bad archive and have them re-archive it, but tape cycles and bandwidth don't grow on trees.... Thanks, Ben Bullock Micron Technology Boise, ID -----Original Message----- From: Jolliff, Dale [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 1:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Archive retention question I found this gem on the ADSM site: "Unlike backups, once a file is archived, its retention is set in stone (you can delete archive files however)." Scenario: Client creates a management class called "3_Month" and sets retention at 90 days. Later they change their mind, and create another management class called "1_Month" and set it to 30 days. All current archives go to "1_Month". They want to ditch as much of the "3_Month" as possible, without getting rid of anything newer than 30 days... Is there any way to accomplish this without deleting individual archives? Confidentiality Note: The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to whom or which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you receive this in error, please delete this material immediately.
