Also consider exporting the data with a very descriptive note taped to it. Andy Huebner
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Ron Delaware Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 11:08 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] permanent retention Gary, You really don't want to use backup's for long term retention, that is an archive function. But if you must, you set everything to NOLIMIT NOLIMIT NOLIMIT NOLIMIT that way the data will hang around forever, but as I stated, Archives are the way to go _________________________________________________________ Ronald C. Delaware IBM IT Plus Certified Specialist- Expert IBM Corporation | Tivoli Software IBM Certified Solutions Advisor - Tivoli Storage IBM Certified Deployment Professional 916-458-5726 (Office) 925-457-9221 (cell phone) email: ron.delaw...@us.ibm.com Storage Services Offerings From: "Lee, Gary" <g...@bsu.edu> To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Date: 12/12/2012 10:46 AM Subject: [ADSM-L] permanent retention Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu> Just received a request to have a few files stored in tsm essentially forever. I am trying to figure out the best way to accomplish this with minimal administrative overhead. So far, 1. create a management class with an archive group set for 9999 days, then archive the files. 2. create a management class and use backup, but I am unclear how to accomplish permanent retention there? Any ideas well be appreciated. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310
