-Mark- In my opinion...
The ARCHRETention parameter specifies the number of days (from the date of archive) to retain copies. So, if you updated the PD on Oct. 10th with [ TSM> upd do ARCHDOMAIN backret=60 ] then it is not going to affect the files that were already archived prior to the change. Really you did not change the ARCHRETention, you changed the BACKRETention! Anyway, TSM is not initially concerned with with ARCHRET anyway, but only when: 1) The mgmtclass to which a file is bound no longer exists, & the def mgmtclass does not contain an archive copy group 2) The archive copy group is deleted from the mgmtclass to which a file is bound & the def mgmtclass does not contain an archive copy group. So, the archive copygroup in that domain is what TSM is initially driven by! Thanks, Demetrius -----Original Message----- From: Mark Hayden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 1:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Archives We have set up our Policy Domain for Archives to 365 days. We have been getting tapes called back from storage, but does not seem to do it Monthly, which is when we run archives..It has been 3 months since we have recieved any back. I changed our backup retention grace period on the Policy Domain, but did not change the Archive retention period. I am just trying to troubleshoot this and wondered if anyone had any input...........When I updated the P.D. , it changed the activation date and wondered if this would then change the retention period to start 365 days from that date, which was October 10,2001..........Thanks! Thanks, Mark Hayden Network Administrator E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Mark Hayden Network Administrator E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
