> Does that go for all TDP's or just Exchange, and another question, what
is
> the preferred method of retaining data created by TDP's for long term,
> beyond standard retention settings?

Mark,

Yes, that goes for all of the TDPs.
(Anything that uses the TSM API.)

For Exchange, you could use the "COPY" type backup
and bind the COPY type backup objects to a different
management class with your required policies.

... or ...

Many customers create a second TSM NODENAME and
run a backup to that nodename every so often with
different policies to retain the backups for extended periods.

Thanks,

Del

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IBM Corporation
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