If it's for special need you could export the data and re-import when the need arises.
Stefan Gocke "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 26.06.2004 16:07:19: > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Hart, Charles > >We have an issue where a group wants us to hold a Full > >Exchange Backup from 90 Days ago forever. The simple answer > >would be change the Exchange Policy to No limit on retention > >which would really chew tape. Is it possible to generate a > >"Backup Set" or Archive of Exchange Data from 80-90 days ago > >(Our Retention = 90) (Backed Up with the TDP) > > You can't create a backupset of data backed up with API-based software, > such as TDP for Mail (Exchange), and I don't believe you can archive it > either. > > You could create a second node name and use it to create a monthly > backup (a "snapshot", as it were) of Exchange data and hold on to that > backup forever. > > This may be one of those times when people are telling you how to get > what they want, rather than telling you what their bottom line is. Go > back to the group in question and ask what exactly it is they want. You > may find better ways to get to their desired end goal. > > If indeed they want to keep Exchange data forever (we all know they'll > *never* use it--who wants to go back 60 days for old mail), tell them > that they are welcome to donate a big chunk of money for the tape > library it would take to store all of that data. > > -- > Mark Stapleton
