Re: Backup retention question

[Steven Harris]

Hi Bruce

IMO the best way is

              Versions Data Exists: Nolimit
              Versions Data Deleted: Nolimit
              Retain Extra Versions: 7
              Retain Only Version: 7

This guarantees that the data will be kept 7 days.  With your setup, if
someone runs a selective, or an extra incremental in the middle of the day
on a file that has changed, the last version will be pushed off.  Also, as
a bonus, expiration processing is more efficient where the versions
parameters are not in play.

HTH

Steve

Steven Harris
TSM Admin, Sydney Australia




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We are wanting to setup a new policy domain and management class for our
Active Directory backups.  We want to keep only 7 days of backups. If I
wanted to accomplish this would the management class look like this? (I
have a difficult time with this part of it for some reason).

                           Versions Data Exists: 7
              Versions Data Deleted: 7
              Retain Extra Versions: 7
              Retain Only Version: 7

Thanks!