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Active version is the most recent backup copy of a file stored by IBM Tivoli Storage Manager. The active version of a file cannot be deleted until a backup process detects that the user has either replaced the file with a newer version or has deleted the file from the workstation. Contrast with inactive version
Archive is to copy one or more files to a storage pool for long-term storage. Archived files can include descriptive information and can be retrieved by archive date, by file name, or by description.
Archive copy is file that was archived to server storage.
Back up is to copy information to another location to ensure against loss of data. In IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, you can back up user files, the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager database, and storage pools. Contrast with restore. See also database backup series and incremental backup
Backup version is file that a user backed up to server storage. More than one backup version can exist in server storage, but only one backup version is the active version. See also active version and inactive version
Backup set is a portable, consolidated group of active backup versions of files, generated for a backup-archive client.
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Inactive version is a backup version of a file that is either not the most recent backup version, or that is a backup version of a file that no longer exists on the client system. Inactive backup versions are eligible for expiration processing according to the management class assigned to the file. Contrast with active version
Incremental backup is the process of backing up files or directories that are new or have changed since the last incremental backup.
Retain Extra Versions is the number of days to retain a backup version after that version becomes inactive. A version of a file becomes inactive when the client stores a more recent backup version, or when the client deletes the file from the workstation and then runs a full incremental backup. The server deletes inactive versions based on retention time even if the number of inactive versions does not exceed the number allowed by the Versions Data Exists and Versions Data Deleted.
Retain Only Version specifies the number of days to retain the last backup version of a file that has been deleted from the client file system.
Retention is the amount of time, in days, that inactive backed-up or archived files are kept in the storage pool before they are deleted. Copy group attributes and default retention grace periods for the domain define retention.
Version is a backup copy of a file stored in server storage. The most recent backup copy of a file is the active version. Earlier copies of the same file are inactive versions. The number of versions retained by the server is determined by the copy group attributes in the management class
Versions Data Exists is the maximum number of backup versions to retain for files that are currently on the client file system
Versions Data Deleted is the maximum number of backup versions to retain for files that have been deleted from the client file system after being backed up using Tivoli Storage Manager.