> Sid Martin 
> 
> I recently(last year) modified retention periods for a few clients to 5 
> years (legal reasons). The need to keep all tapes for the last year 
remains 
> but I no longer need to retain new tapes for the extended period. Can I 
> change the retention period for the clients back to a shorter period and 

> not affect last years retention periods.
> I want to maintain the 5 years retention on about 12 months worth of 
tapes 
> but all new tapes changed to just 1 year.

My understanding is you'll be OK. We had a similar situation once and I 
saw nothing weird when I changed the policy back. However, I never had to 
restore anything from the "older" tapes, so we never put the procedure to 
the ultimate test. It would be nice to have confirmation of that from a 
few of the others here on the list also, just for my knowledge.

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