Paul, You can't see them from DP for SQL because they are effectively "deleted". The TSM server has marked them for deletion for the next time the expiration process runs.
If you want your backups to stay around based on days, I recommend that you set VEREXISTS=9999 and VERDELETED=9999 and set RETEXTRA=38 and RETONLY=38. In doing so, deletion of old backups is based on number of days and not number of versions. (I used 38 because you need to keep the last full backup around so that you can apply the differential to it.) That way, if you need to run ad hoc backups (and create more that 30 versions in less than 30 days), it won't disrupt your service level agreement to keep backups for the last 30 days. You didn't show your other policy group settings, so I can't explain why those versions were marked for expiration, but I would guess that the VERDELETED was set to something low. Thanks, Del ---------------------------------------------------- Del Hoobler IBM Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
