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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 system options file (dsm.sys). For example, to assign a management class named direct1 to your directories, you would enter:
dirmc direct1