It appears to me that there is a large amount of Y2K backup data being stored,  
not only in the TSM environment but for just about everything.

My guess is prior to Y2K,  the powers that be set a long retention policy based 
on the risk of post Y2K litigation.

Gifted with hind-sight, the apocalypse never occurred and as far as I am aware 
litigation has not eventuated therefore the long retention of the backups 
possibly is not justified.

I am interested in opinions and policy on the retention of this data.

For the record, I would like to get rid of them now.


Peter Griffin