What is in the backup ?

• Data in registered AFS volumes
• Data in registered central filesystems under WINDOWS

How long are data kept in the backup ?

... under AFS

• Data in AFS directories are kept for at least 6 months in the backup.

... under Windows

• from files that still exist in your directories 20 versions are kept in the backup
• from files that have been deleted from your directories 19 versions are kept for 90 days
• and the last version is kept for 365 days

How to restore data ?

For data in AFS volumes please read the following documentation. You can also ask the afs administrator of your group for help.

For up to 3 days old data under WINDOWS you may access shadow copies which are produced outside TSM. To restore more than 3 days old data please contact uco-zn@desy.de. For detailed information please read:

Also contact uco-zn@desy.de for:

• restore archived data
• create a new archive