102 IBM Content Manager OnDemand Guide
Expiration Type
The Expiration Type option determines how report data, indexes, and resources are expired. 
Three expiration types are available:
/SM590000Load: With this expiration type, a single input file (a Load) at a time can be deleted from 
the application group. The latest date in the input data and the Life of Data and Indexes 
determine when Content Manager OnDemand deletes the data. Content Manager 
OnDemand signals to the storage manager that the data might be deleted. 
Figure 5-10 shows the error message that displays when you use Enhanced Retention 
Management and you do not set the expiration type to Load.
Figure 5-10   Expiration type set incorrectly 
/SM590000Segment: With this expiration type, a segment of data at a time is deleted from the 
application group. The segment must be closed and the expiration date of every record in 
the segment must be reached. Data that is stored in archive storage is deleted by the 
storage manager based on the archive expiration date. If a small amount of data is loaded 
into the application group, and the Maximum Rows value is high, the segment might be 
open for a long period, and the data is not expired for the period.
Note: Load is the suggested expiration type. 
If any application group uses either the Enhanced Retention Management feature or 
IBM Enterprise Records, this setting is required. Y ou must also use this type if 
event-based processing is used within Tivoli Storage Manager.