When you register a client node, the default is to assign the node to the STANDARD policy domain. If users register their own workstations during open registration, they are also assigned to the STANDARD policy domain.
To help users take advantage of TSM, you can further tune the policy environment by doing the following:
For information on how to create an include-exclude list, see The Include-Exclude List. See also the user's publication for the appropriate client.
Note: | To enable clients to restore backed-up files to a specific point in time, you must set up backup copy groups differently from the STANDARD. See Setting Policy to Enable Point-in-Time Restore for Clients for more information. |
The standard policy consists of a standard policy domain, policy set, management class, backup copy group, and archive copy group. Each of these parts is named STANDARD.
The attributes of the default policy parts are as follows:
When an archived file is no longer associated with an archive copy group, it remains in server storage for 365 days (archive retention grace period).
An incremental backup is performed only if the file has changed since the last backup.
Files cannot be backed up while they are being modified.
Up to two backup versions of a file on the client's system are retained in server storage. The most recent backup version is retained for as long as the original file is on the client file system. All other versions are retained for up to 30 days after they become inactive.
One backup version of a file that has been deleted from the client's system is retained in server storage for 60 days.
Files cannot be archived while they are being modified.
An archive copy is kept for up to 365 days.