Sure... started a long time ago when directories were bound to the longest retention management class that existed... with a 10 year archive management class defined, I was keeping a lot of stuff WAY to long :-( made me realize I might not want such management classes existing in the environment Remember, with exports, well really with the imports, you can use relative dates so you don't even need a long term management class to keep it a long time. Also, when the user show up at your office and says... "remember the set of archives done right before that big merger? make those 10 year retention rather than 7" This way, all you have to do is adjust the spread sheet you track the exported tapes in and you only impact the items you really want to alter. and this points out a wonderful thing about TSM... lots and lots of different ways to get the same thing done, very flexible to meet the needs of just about any situation Dwight E. Cook Systems Management Integration Professional, Advanced Integrated Storage Management TSM Administration (918) 925-8045 Mike Bantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > To Sent by: "ADSM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dist Stor cc Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject .EDU> Re: Thoughts on Monthly Archives 07/15/2004 05:43 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" >>personally I don't like to keep any archived data in an active TSM server environment that has a retention value of more than 370 days Can I ask why? This seems like an **awfully** short time... - mike
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