just to point out that legal requirements are only met, generally, by
ablative WORM media. that is, physically unalterable media once data has
been written. not tapes.

Cordiali saluti
Gianluca Mariani
Tivoli TSM Global Response Team, Roma
Via Sciangai 53, Roma
 phones : +39(0)659664598
                   +393351270554 (mobile)
gianluca_mariani AT it.ibm DOT com



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Tapes *can* be read by some utilities (in UNIX dd but not tar) but not
interpreted. You cannot ensure proper restore without DB backup but some
files/data might be retrieved. If this is undesirable - there is
encryption which is documented in manuals and this may fit your needs.

Zlatko Krastev
IT Consultant




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Subject:        TSM Tape format

Hello Everybody,


    I have a customer that, for legal reasons, needs a document (something
official like a TSM manual, or a PDF in Tivoli's site) stating that TSM
records tapes in a format that cannot be read by standard OS utilities
(tar,
Windows backup). Has someone seen something like this?

Thank you all

--
Paul Gondim van Dongen
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