Hi, Joseph. Actually, the REV30 causes any extra versions over 30 days old to be deleted. To use your example:
The user creates the file on first of month (A). First of next month, backs up again (B). 30 days later, (A) is deleted due to REV30. First of 3rd month, backs up again (C). 30 days later, (B) is deleted due to REV30. So you wouldn't end up with an old version over 30 days old unless it's the version that's still on disk. What the VDE Unlimited actually means is that he could back it up 100 times in one day and not lose yesterday's backup which should be kept for another 29 days. I hope this helps. Alex Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -----Original Message----- From: Wholey, Joseph (TGA\MLOL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 9:37 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: co question Yes, but in theory, you could have files that are 30 years old. Or for that matter, 300, or 3000 or nnnnnn years old. e.g. if the user creates a file on the first of the month, and updates on the first of every month, on month 31, you'll have copies that are 30 months old. User doesn't want that. -----Original Message----- From: Gerald Wichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 12:26 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: co question I would do: VDE nolimit VDD nolimit REV 30 ROV 30 That way you guarantee anything he backs up, be it via scheduled backup or adhoc backup, will always be retained for 30 days.. Regards, Gerald Wichmann Senior Systems Development Engineer Zantaz, Inc. 925.598.3099 (w) -----Original Message----- From: Wholey, Joseph (TGA\MLOL) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: co question User wants his data for 30 days, no more, no less. Don't want to Archive due to capacity issues... tape, disk, network... Will this due? VDE 30 VDD 30 REV 30 ROV 30
