We were once told to hold ALL data of ALL our TSM servers. We put _all_ copy
pool tapes and DBbackups (2 for each server) in the archive, together with
the printed planfiles. Next we had to order that amount of scratch of
course... We made a very happy media supplier that year.... I dare not to
mention the amount of tapes, but it was a wall full of LTO1. I don't work at
that company anymore, but I think it's still stored in the archive as no one
dares to get rid of them.

I hope the admins have put some spare LTO1/LTO2/LTO3 drives on the shelve as
well, as LTO4 drives cannot read them anymore. And don't mention the reqd
software levels, OS's, SAP software etc..

2010/10/7 Tim Brown <tbrown AT cenhud DOT com>

> How have others handled litigation issues where one is told to capture all
> folders for specific servers.
>
> You can copy them all to a read only system.
>
> You can take a backup of them with a different node name.
>
> You can export everything which would include active and inactive.
>
> You cant just pull all tapes since others have files there and it would
> cause havoc with relcamation.
>
>
> Any other thoughts, It seems no matter what  you do its a lengthy process.
>
>
>
> Tim
>



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