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=============================================================================================================================== Hi forum members, We use Sam-fs v4.6.5 on Solaris 10 , connected to Sun FC L500 tape library, running 2x LTO3 drives, 50 slots at present. We would like to use SAM-FS as a type of continuous data protection (CDP) model for a Domino file system. We have a system where all users mail boxes are purged of all items more than 90 days old and these are added to a new mailbox entitled "archive mailbox". We intend to have these mailboxes (about 1.5Tb of files made up of about 1800 domino nsf files ) backed-up to tape via sam-fs, with a no-release and no-stage-back policy. There is a small possibility of users being able to delete an item(s) in the archive files at certain times.... SAM is configured to only write to tape once a week, so that a weekly update process and on-going minor changes will only result in one copy on tape once a week. My question is ... is there a way to provide for several "versions" of the archive files in case we need to restore an archive file from some 2-3 version (or weeks) ago. ?? I thought we could have several folders within the domino archive area . say week1, week2, week3 ... after a week, before the mailbox files were updated again with fresh archive items, we could release them all, then copy them to the "week2" folder. After the refresh occurred in the week1 folder, sam-fs would re-write to new tapes, and the pointers reset to the new tape(s) in use. The old "week2' released files would still have pointers to the previous set of tapes used the previous week. After say 4 weeks of this, the oldest file system can be deleted, and the tapes involved recycled.. I can see this might be a bit of an administration load unless carefully scripted, but still possible.. Is there another "nicer' way to provide this "versioning" capability in sam-fs ??? Having muliple copies of the same file does not really help. The mailbox files do not change in name each week, just become bigger each week as now items added inside the file. Rgds Chris Hansen Host Production Manager NSW Industry and Investment 161 Kite Street, Orange NSW 2800 Ph (02) 6391 3253 Fax (02) 6391 3290 Mob: 0488 196 875 This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete it and notify the sender. Views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, and are not necessarily the views of their organisation. _______________________________________________ sam-qfs-discuss mailing list sam- ... @opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sam-qfs-discuss