This will not produce the desired outcome from the request. We have used this option when it is appropriate, but all this produces is a TSM server archive of the client, in other words, all you end up with is what the client looked like at the last backup (a backupset only copies over the active files). If the request would have been - "I want to have all data retained for how my servers looked last night", this process would work. We have found however that a backupset - for some unknown reason - takes much longer than just running an archive from the client.
Ryan Miller Principal Financial Group Tivoli Certified Consultant Tivoli Storage Manager v4.1 -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen S. Rout Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 1:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Retention Request Problem ==> On Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:06:42 PDT, Sam Sheppard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Our main customer is having some potential legal problems and has made > the following request: > "I am requesting that all File Server Backups taken prior to June 15, > 2005 be preserved pending further instructions." Well, when you get extreme requests... I've thought about just such a request, and I came up with: - Disable client access on the TSM server in question - Disable expiration scheduling on the TSM server in question - Start generating N backupsets at a time, where N is your count of beefy tape drives, divided by 2. :) You are collocated, right? Huge disruption of ongoing backup work, yes. But it's a hugely disruptive request. Then send complainers to the legal folks. Luckily, while 4-5 TB of data is still rather a lot, with current tech it ought to be doable in one or two 24-hour days. Unless you're non-collocated. Shudder. - Allen S. Rout -----Message Disclaimer----- This e-mail message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete or destroy all copies of the original message and attachments thereto. Email sent to or from the Principal Financial Group or any of its member companies may be retained as required by law or regulation. Nothing in this message is intended to constitute an Electronic signature for purposes of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA) or the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act ("E-Sign") unless a specific statement to the contrary is included in this message.
