Normal reclamation seems to take care of this at our shop.  However, I am
thinking about writing a script that will query the last read/write date and
issue a 'move data' on those that are old.  I'd probably do it before 5
years, although I haven't decided for sure yet.

Tina

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Hohmann [SMTP:roger_hohmann AT WESTLB DOT DE]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 8:51 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      read tests
> 
> I was asked how I would recognize tapes which will become unreadable
> because of their age. I don't expect this problem in the nearer future,
> but
> - what if I save a group of files today, make a backup storagepool
> tomorrow
> and the file is never changed or deleted and the affected tapes are never
> used. One day in the far future, I want to restore this file, and - tape
> and copy tape are defect because of their age (loss of magnetic fields or
> so).
> 
> Does anyone do any 'read checks' of elder tapes or do I have to make a
> 'move data' of all tapes which are elder than 5 years?
> 
> Regards
> 
> 
> Roger Hohmann
> 
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