Computer Associates BABNWUP900NE6 Administration Guide - Page 162

Media Pools Where.. backup type Is... F - full backup I - incremental backup D - differential backup W - weekly backup M - monthly backup A - all daily backups (full, incremental, and differential) when you use the Media Maximization option (enabled by default) and enable the Append Media option. For more information on the Media Maximization option, see the section Maximizing Media in GFS Rotation Jobs in this chapter. user-defined media The name you assigned to the media pool for your GFS pool prefix Rotation scheme. day of the week An abbreviation for the day of the week on which the job was performed. Date The date on which the backup was performed in mm/dd/yy format. This media naming convention allows you to easily identify backup media. For example, the media used for the first full backup in your rotation scheme will have the following name: F-TP-MON-11/1/00 Five-day rotation schemes have the following retention times for each media pool: ■ Daily (_DLY)-six days (daily media in seven-day Rotation Schemes have a retention time of eight days) ■ Weekly (_WLY)-five weeks ■ Monthly (_MLY)-343 days 7-14 Administrator Guide