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This is such a hard question to answer.
I do think there are some generalized best practices when it comes to
retention policies. We've done some research here and found that a good
number of companies don't keep data for longer than 3 months (this does NOT
apply to archives). You'll need to take this information (maybe research a
little on your own) and really apply it to your own environment, weighing
factors like legal requirements, cost of tape for longer retention. This
will help you make a case for reasonable retention levels because if you
leave it up to the business units they'll say keep the data forever, which
is obviously not an option.
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From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Hindle,
Greg
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 9:30 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Backup retention Standards?
Hello,
I am in the process of re-evaluating our companies backup retention
policies. I wanted to get feedback from others who use Netbackup as to what
they use in their own environments. What I need to know is how frequently
you backup certain files and how long do you keep them before expiring those
backups? We have mixture of applications and platforms here so any insight
to what your setup is would be great. In particular SQL, ORACLE, EXCHANGE,
Financial Applications, user data, Peoplesoft applications, Windows servers,
Unix servers etc.
Thanks in advance,
Greg
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I do think there are some generalized best
practices when it comes to retention policies. We've done some
research here and found that a good number of companies don't keep data
for longer than 3 months (this does NOT apply to archives). You'll
need to take this information (maybe research a little on your own) and really
apply it to your own environment, weighing factors like legal requirements,
cost of tape for longer retention. This will help you make a case for
reasonable
retention levels because if you leave it up to the business units they'll
say keep the data forever, which is obviously not an option.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> veritas-bu-admin AT
mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] <b><span
style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Hindle, Greg<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, January 11, 2005
9:30 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Veritas-bu] Backup
retention Standards?</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I am
in the process of re-evaluating our companies backup retention policies. I
wanted to get feedback from others who use Netbackup as to what they use in
their own environments. What I need to know is how frequently you backup
certain files and how long do you keep them before expiring those
backups? We have mixture of applications and platforms here so any
insight to what your setup is would be great. In particular SQL, ORACLE,
EXCHANGE, Financial Applications, user data, Peoplesoft applications, Windows
servers, Unix servers etc.</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks in advance,</span></font> <br>
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