The SLP is where the retention period is set in this case, not the schedule. It can be a bit misleading because you still see the retention information in the schedule.
If you think of the SLP as a series of destinations each with it's own retention, that may help. In your case if your retentions are tied to schedules, then you will need a set of SLPs with those various retentions, and each schedule will use a different SLP. The actual storage used in those SLPs might all be the same, e.g.: SLP1: Monthly - Backup to Disk (retain xx days), duplicate to tape (retain 7 years) SLP2: Weekly - Backup to Disk (retain xx days), duplicate to tape (retain 1 year) SLP3: Daily Inc - Backup to Disk (retain xx days), duplicate to offsite disk (retain xx days) These are not supposed to be useful SLPs, just an example. William D L Brown -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sanders, Nate Sent: 03 January 2012 16:56 To: bob944; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] understanding Storage Lifecycle Policies Thanks for the clarification. One question I still haven't found an answer to is that the SLP is applied at the policy level, yet there are multiple schedules within the existing policies. How does this work out? If I have dailies, weeklies and monthlies, all with different frequencies and retention periods, what happens when I apply an SLP to the policy? -----Original Message----- From: bob944 [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2012 1:48 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Sanders, Nate (DS) Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] understanding Storage Lifecycle Policies > From: "Sanders, Nate" <[email protected]> > > I'm reading through the SLP documentation but coming up a little > short on understanding exactly how to accomplish a task. We have > both LTO4 tape and a Data Domain 670. I would like to set a bunch of > my data to go to the DD670 for 1 month, and then move to tape for an > additional 2 months. This would give the data a full retention > period of 3 months. But from what I am reading in the documentation, > it sounds like it duplicate to tape as soon as it possible can, and > then retain two copies at the same time. I do not wish this. I want > only for the data to exist on one device for 1 month, than the > second device for an additional 2 months. How exactly does one > achieve this with the SLP options in 7.0.1? Your philosophy is not that of SLP designers. Understandable, but different. You: backup to disk, make a last-minute copy to tape. NetBackup: backup to disk, copy to tape as soon as backup is complete, don't let original expire before copy is successful, thus guaranteeing you'll have you image until every copy has been made and has then expired according to your specifications. If you truly want it to work your way--only one copy exists at a time--the easiest way to automate that would be to use Vault, selecting disk images that are one month old and making a tape copy with a two-month retention. Along, of course, with whatever procedures you were already planning for making sure that the original image's expiration is extended in case of tape issues. This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of the message is not the intended recipient or an authorized representative of the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail and delete the message and any attachments from your system. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - [email protected] http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu ________________________________ This e-mail was sent by GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited (registered in England and Wales No. 1047315), which is a member of the GlaxoSmithKline group of companies. The registered address of GlaxoSmithKline Services Unlimited is 980 Great West Road, Brentford, Middlesex TW8 9GS. _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - [email protected] http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
