Backup Copy group controls the expiration. Grace Period has to do if the Management class for the data disappears it give a grace period to prevent the stuff from really getting hosed.
-----Original Message----- From: Rob Schroeder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: backup retention My server seems to be expiring files that should not be. I have a grace period of thirty days yet my files are expiring and I am only seeing two versions of every file; even of files that change every day. Here is a copy of my domain and backup copy group definitions DOMAIN Policy Domain Name DATA01_DOM Activated Policy Set DATA01_POL Activation Date/Time 2001-12-06 14:05:12.000000 Activated Default Mgmt Class DATA01_MGMT Number of Registered Nodes 1 Backup Retention (Grace Period) 30 Archive Retention (Grace Period) 365 Description domain for ffdata01 only Last Update Date/Time 2001-12-06 14:05:12.000000 Last Update Date/Time ROBS Managing profile - BACKUP COPY GROUP Policy Domain Name DATA01_DOM Policy Set Name ACTIVE Mgmt Class Name DATA01_MGMT Copy Group Name STANDARD Versions Data Exists 2 Versions Data Deleted 1 Retain Extra Versions 30 Retain Only Version 365 Copy Mode MODIFIED Copy Serialization STATIC Copy Frequency 0 Copy Destination FFDATA01_DISK Last Update Date/Time 2001-12-06 14:04:31.000000 Last Update by (administrator) ROBS Managing profile - I hope someone can help. Thanks Rob Schroeder Famous Footwear
