Thanks all. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dwight Cook Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:47 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Change retention policy on specific volumes
Since data retention is at the data item level, you need to go back to that to extend set things to "no limit". I had to freeze some past data (only... no future data) so I renamed the nodes to <existingname>_xxx (where your xxx can be something like "frozen") Build a domain such as outlined below... move your nodes that require their data be frozen into that domain... then reregister the initial node name again under their normal domain. Since their existing management class won't really exist in this new domain, it will all fall under the retention grace period. To get that frozen data shifted around you can either: 1) use move nodedata to isolate it into a newly created storage pool 2) simply export the blah_xxx nodes (the unlimited domain gives you time to perform the export without the required data expiring) This all allows the node(s) to return to normal nightly processing while you deal with the frozen data. tsm: TSMSRV1>q domain unlimited f=d Policy Domain Name: UNLIMITED Activated Policy Set: STANDARD Activation Date/Time: 04/30/2005 12:29:12 Days Since Activation: 1,188 Activated Default Mgmt Class: UNLIMITED Number of Registered Nodes: 0 Description: Backup Retention (Grace Period): 9,999 Archive Retention (Grace Period): 30,000 Last Update by (administrator): xxxxx Last Update Date/Time: 04/30/2005 12:29:12 Managing profile: Changes Pending: No Active Data Pool List: tsm: TSMSRV1>q copy unlimited Policy Policy Mgmt Copy Versions Versions Retain Retain Domain Set Name Class Group Data Data Extra Only Name Name Name Exists Deleted Versions Version --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- -------- -------- ------- UNLIMITED ACTIVE UNLIMITED STANDARD No Limit No Limit No Limit No Lim- it UNLIMITED STANDARD UNLIMITED STANDARD No Limit No Limit No Limit No Lim- it tsm: TSMSRV1>q copy unlimited t=a Policy Policy Mgmt Copy Retain Domain Set Name Class Group Version Name Name Name --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- UNLIMITED ACTIVE UNLIMITED STANDARD No Limit UNLIMITED STANDARD UNLIMITED STANDARD No Limit tsm: TSMSRV1> -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Haberstroh, Debbie (IT) Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:33 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Change retention policy on specific volumes The specific volumes are determined by a SQL query, the tapes are in the primary tapepool. Multiple nodes are affected. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dwight Cook Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 2:05 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Change retention policy on specific volumes Data on specific volumes... How do you know what is on those volumes? Need more information... Is this copy pool data? Is it data for a single node and you know what is on it because of collocation? Dwight -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Haberstroh, Debbie (IT) Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:58 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Change retention policy on specific volumes Hi All, I have been asked to move multiple volumes to another storage pool so that I can change the retention to no limit. I do not want to change all of the volumes on a node, only select volumes. I know that retention is determined by the management class and if you change the management class it rebinds on the next backup but I need to be able to change it on existing volumes without backing up again or changing it on all of the data. Is there any way to do this and if so, how can I accomplish this quickly. We were informed today and they want it by tomorrow. Thanks for the help. Debbie Haberstroh Server Administration