I expect you will get many replies, so here goes my small offering. 1) There is no such thing as an industry standard for backup 2) You need to find out/understand you r bisiness requirements for restore and keep your backups sufficient to meet that requirement.
"Merryman, John A." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@vm.marist.edu> on 11/03/2003 02:17:23 PM Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Backup Versioning / Retention Policy Survey Hi TSMers, It's our understanding that industry standard TSM backup versioning policies (if there is such a thing) are the following: TSM Policy Setting Industry Standard Versions Data Exist 7 / 14** Versions Data Deleted 7/ 14** Retain Extra Version 30 Retain Only Version 30 *7 versions of file system type files, and 14 versions of database type files. Please feedback if this is accurate- all comments and alternate examples are welcome. Many Thanks, John ********************************************************************** The information in this E-Mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It may not represent the views of Scottish and Southern Energy plc. It is intended solely for the addressees. Access to this E-Mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Any unauthorised recipient should advise the sender immediately of the error in transmission. Scottish Hydro-Electric, Southern Electric, SWALEC and S+S are trading names of the Scottish and Southern Energy Group. **********************************************************************
