When registering a machine for backups, you have to select your service options with respect to backup retention and storage management. The options and explanations are listed below.
Tivoli Storage Manager backup policies for data retention will organize and back up data nightly for all registered machines. There are four retention levels from which to choose. When registering a machine for backups, you should elect one of the four retention levels as a default setting. The chart and definitions below define those retention levels.
Policy domain name |
Mgmt class name |
Versions data exist |
Versions data deleted |
Retain extra versions (days) |
Retain only version (days) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DD0-OS-* |
MC-DD0-OS-MAX |
No limit |
14 |
90 |
180 |
MC-DD0-OS-MID |
No limit |
14 |
60 |
90 |
|
MC-DD0-OS-LOW |
No limit |
No limit |
30 |
30 |
|
MC-DD0-OS-MIN |
No limit |
No limit |
14 |
14 |
|
MC-DD0-OS-SYS |
No limit |
No limit |
14 |
14 |