I've been hit with this 'requirement' twice.

I've let the powers-that-be know that there are two options:
1) We *will* shut down *all* operations for 30 to 60 days while all
databases are converted to flat-files (with ALL binary fields converted to
ascii WITH all redundant data on each record to allow re-loading the
database) AND we will snapshot the executables AND the hardware (yes, that
means to purchase and warehouse the hardware!)

or
2) I can *guarantee* that the data on the tapes will *NOT* be usable in two
years.

I've had to do conversion from Burroughs Medium System (B3700) to Honeywell
(DPS-8) to IBM (4381/MVS) to IBM (RS-6000/AIX) and I will not touch
proprietary format or binary data (and after the Honeywell conversion, I
want the data UNBLOCKED and in a record length divisable by 4)


And I'm not afraid to say the same thing to the auditors when they come
around.

If your applications are properly designed and implemented, they retain the
proper data for legal requirements as they stand OR have an 'export to
flatfile' option that can be used to archive the data as required in a
reloadable format. You just have to guarantee availability of the
application 10 years down the road . . .

Tom Kauffman
NIBCO, Inc

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Ferraretto [mailto:mark.ferraretto AT DB DOT COM]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:59 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Taking an end-of-year snapshot


All,

We are running TSM 5.1.6.1 on AIX 5.1

What I want to do is to take an snapshot of our TSM data as it was at end
of year 1/1/04 and archive it away for 10 years.  Is this possible?  I
haven't found a way of doing it.

We need to make an end-of-year archive each year for legal etc purposes.
Running an archive of everything on one day doesn't seem practical - too
much data coming into the server.  But snapshotting the existing backup
data would be ideal.

I was thinking that I could generate a backup set and backdate the
snapshot the backup set would take but there doesn't seem to be an option
to do this.

Does anyone know how this can be done?

Thanks

Mark


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