====== VMCTL sizing (indexing VM backup) ====== In summary: Original source data = 100 GB Total retained data = 100 GB + (100 GB * .10 change rate * 15 days) = 100 GB + 150 GB = 250 GB VMCTLMC data required = 250 GB * 0.002 VMCTLMC estimate = 0.5 GB Remember that this is an approximation. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/understanding-metadata-vm-backups http://adsm.se/?cat=44