another 2 cents:
using common backup methods, you will not be able to keep files created and 
deleted during short time (less then one day).
 
If the concern is serious, you might thing of not saving original files (like 
word), but of saving printots (in electronical form).
One approach could be a application traversion your machines and printing all 
new/changed files to PDF, 
TSM would only ARCHIVE -DELETE those PDF files.
More sofisticated - assuming only documents ever printed or e-mailed would have 
to be kept,
you could intercept your printing and mailing and faxing subsytems and save the 
print/mail/fax jobs in a common (PDF, RTF, ..) format forever.
 
Whatever you´l do, it will be accompanied by high costs and other problems your 
management never thought about before having asked for this functionality. 
(e.g. about access rights to the saved "all documents forever")
 
regards
Juraj
 

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From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager on behalf of Tim Piqueur
Sent: Thu 03/02/2005 16:44
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: file retention



Hi,

I am relatively new to TSM so this might seem a stupid question...
Our management requires us (for IP reasons) to have a copy of every file
that has ever been created in our company. Of course, only user files
(e.g. excel, word, ppt, etc) ; we do not have to include database
backups etc.
Now I could set RETONLY to NOLIMIT but this would mean a dramatic
increase of storage requirements.
To limit the size of the storage pools I was wondering if there would be
any method to copy the files that have been deleted to tapes that we can
keep offsite. After which of course, those deleted files should
expire...

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Tim