Perhaps I don't understand your requirements. If in your example, a file is backed up on the 1st of the month. Then the file is updated and backed up on the 1st of the 2nd month, the 1st copy will become an inactive copy and the newly backed up file will become the active copy. Due to the RETE parameter, the inactive version will be kept an additional 30 days and then expired since it's now been retained for longer then the RETE parameter. So actually in your scenario an individual file will have technically been kept for 61 days - first for 31 days because it never changed, then kept 30 days once it became inactive because it did change (the inactive copy.. active always sticks around because it's the most recent version). However the settings I provided would allow the user to be able to ALWAYS go back 30 days guaranteed, and no file would really be older then 30 days.
You couldn't have files that are 30 years old as you suggest.. Regards, Gerald Wichmann Senior Systems Development Engineer Zantaz, Inc. 925.598.3099 (w) -----Original Message----- From: Wholey, Joseph (TGA\MLOL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: co question Yes, but in theory, you could have files that are 30 years old. Or for that matter, 300, or 3000 or nnnnnn years old. e.g. if the user creates a file on the first of the month, and updates on the first of every month, on month 31, you'll have copies that are 30 months old. User doesn't want that. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: co question I would do: VDE nolimit VDD nolimit REV 30 ROV 30 That way you guarantee anything he backs up, be it via scheduled backup or adhoc backup, will always be retained for 30 days.. Regards, Gerald Wichmann Senior Systems Development Engineer Zantaz, Inc. 925.598.3099 (w) -----Original Message----- From: Wholey, Joseph (TGA\MLOL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: co question User wants his data for 30 days, no more, no less. Don't want to Archive due to capacity issues... tape, disk, network... Will this due? VDE 30 VDD 30 REV 30 ROV 30
