Actually, I can see a reason for this in the banking industry. Just
because a tape is expired doesn't mean there is no data on the tape.
There could be a disposal issue that has to be addressed.

-Andrew

Jeff Lightner wrote:

> At 3 different employers we did change control but I NEVER had to do a
> change control for tape management. Change Control is typically aimed
> at making sure you don?t take down live Production.
>
> I did work at one pharmaceutical which required FDA ?Validation? which
> meant ALL processes and procedures had to be documented. In that case
> you don?t have to write a change control unless the document you wrote
> requires it. Most documents simply indicated under what conditions the
> procedure would be executed (typically for something like this it
> would just be a service ticket rather than a change control [we didn?t
> call them RFCs]). Unless you?re under some extreme federal regulation
> like pharmaceuticals were I wouldn?t think you?d even be required to
> document it let alone do an RFC.
>
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> For those of you who are fortunate enough to have change control, and
> therefore request for same, how many of you have to submit a RFC to
> take out frozen tapes and replace them with new tapes. And what to do
> you put for systems and areas affected?
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