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Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide


Selecting a Management Class for Directories

If the management class in your active policy set containing the longest retention period meets your backup requirements for directories, it is not necessary to take any action to associate directories with that management class. Tivoli Storage Manager does it automatically when it backs up your directories.

If the default management class does not meet your requirements, select a management class with an adequate retention period specified on the retain only version parameter. You should keep directories at least as long as you keep the files associated with those directories.

To assign a management class other than the default to directories, use the dirmc option in your client options file . For example, to assign a management class named direct1 to your directories, you would enter:

   dirmc direct1
Note:
For archive operations, directories are assigned to a management class whose retention period meets or exceeds that of the files contained in those directories. The management class is rebound as needed to ensure that directories with files do not expire.


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