Hi Gary, So, in summary the business end of this copygroup is like this to my understanding:
VerExist 1 (i.e. TSM will retain a single version of any objects which have been modified (and still exist) upon the client) VerDelete 0 (i.e. TSM will remove all references to any objects deleted (and no longer exist) upon the client) RetExtra 0 (i.e. Inactive backups will be deleted immediately - well, after the next Expiration run...) RetOnly 1 (i.e. ...except for the last remaining version of an inactive object, which will be kept for one day - again, pending Expiration processing) You wanted something that "will remove all but the last version of all objects owned by a client". I presume you mean last *inactive* version, as obviously TSM will never expire an *active* version of a file. In this case, I reckon it depends upon how you classify any *deleted* objects (as opposed to modified) and whether they might be valid to keep a last version of as well. You also don't state how long you want to retain your data - afterall, if you're keeping the node safe in this domain for 30 days, would you consider keeping the last version for 30 days as well just in case? Given the above, that might give you: VerExist 1 VerDelete 1 RetExtra 0 RetOnly 30 I *think* that all makes sense - anybody else have any corrections/offers on the above? /David Mc London, UK -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee, Gary D. Sent: 18 March 2010 18:13 To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] Domain to kill all extra versions while waiting to remove node I am creating a "killoff" domain which will remove all but the last version of all objects owned by a client. When they tell us that the node is no longer needed, it will be moved into this domain for 30 days then removed. Will the settings below accomplish this? Policy Policy Mgmt Copy Copy Versions Versions Retain Retain Copy Mode Copy Serializ- Copy Copy Destin- Table of Last Update by Last Upda- Managing profile Changes Domain Set Name Class Group Group Data Data Extra Only ation Frequency ation Contents (administrator) te Date/T- Pending Name Name Name Type Exists Deleted Versions Version (TOC) Desti- ime nation --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ----------- -------------- --------- ------------ ------------ --------------- ---------- -------------------- ------- KILLOFF STANDARD STANDARD STANDARD Backup 1 0 0 1 Modified Shared Static 0 BACKDISK GARY 03/18/2010 Yes 14:06:40 Hope the format is readable. Gary Lee Senior System Programmer Ball State University phone: 765-285-1310 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.791 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2753 - Release Date: 03/17/10 19:33:00
