Changing the copy frequency

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IBM Storage Protect server policy demands that an incremental copy frequency be a non-zero value.

The copy frequency attribute of the current copygroup management class for the file that is specified dictates the minimum number of days that must elapse between successive incremental backups. If you are trying to perform an incremental backup on a file and this number is set higher than 0 days, then the file will not be sent to the server, even if it has changed.

A number of steps can be taken to correct this problem:
  • Contact the server administrator to change the copy frequency attribute.
  • Issue a selective backup of the file. For example, DSMC SELECTIVE C:\FILE.TXT
You can issue the QUERY COPYGROUP command to determine the setting of the copy frequency parameter:
tsm: WINBETA>q copygroup standard active f=d
Policy Domain Name: STANDARD
 ...
Copy Frequency: 1
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