Kurt, I have the exact same requirements. I solved the problem by putting the management class in the schedule options. You can not override the DSM.OPT file used through the scheduler. It will use the one that was in effect when the client scheduler started. The schedule I run is listed below. The -archmc=7yeararch declares the management class to use. Matt
Policy Domain Name NTPOLICY1 Schedule Name YEARLY-ARCH-NT1-USCLES324 Description yearly archival of uscles324 Action ARCHIVE Options -archmc=7yeararch -subdir=yes Objects f:\*.* E:\CA_APPSW Priority 5 Start date 2002-02-22 Start time 23:00:00 Duration 1 Duration units HOURS Period 12 Period units MONTHS Day of Week THURSDAY Expiration - Last Update Date/Time 2002-02-28 07:54:15.000000 Last Update by (administrator) ADMIN Managing profile - -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: archiving with different management classes Hi, I've got to take every month a monthly archive and once a year a yearly archive. Of course the protection of the latter archive is longer. The default management class has the correct archive copy group for the monthly archive (management class MGMT_SWS). I've created a second management class (MGMT2_SWS) for the yearly archive. The default dsm.opt client options file binds the archive to the correct management class for the monthly archive. I've created a second client options file dsm2.opt with an include.archive statement towards the management class MGMT2_SWS If I launch the archive from the command prompt as: dsmc archive -optfile=c:\temp\dsm2.opt -subdir=yes c:\*.* d:\*.* the archive of the files is indeed done with the management class MGMT2_SWS If I specify a schedule: Policy Domain Name POL_SWS Schedule Name TEST4 Description - Action ARCHIVE Options -optfile=c:\temp\dsm2.opt -subdir=yes Objects c:\hp\* d:\windows\winzip81\* the archives are bind towards the management class MGMT_SWS and not towards the management class MGMT2_SWS. The scheduler is bound to the dsm.opt file but if I specify another client options file in the options, this should override the default settings. Am I missing something? Kurt