>Would this also be applicable if all data was going directly to tape? and
>data is being archived for
>3 and 8 years?

Bill,
I think what the consensus is here, is the tapes that are legitimate data 
tapes will not be deleted from the volhist file.  Only DB backups, exports and 
volumes that have been rewritten to are going to be removed.  Obviously then, 
the rewrite is when the volume is marked as STGNEW the most recent time in the 
file.

-Matt
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