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[Veritas-bu] Data retentions

2006-05-17 10:40:19
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Data retentions
From: jlightner AT water DOT com (Jeff Lightner)
Date: Wed, 17 May 2006 10:40:19 -0400
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SOX may only require 3 years but don't forget for taxing authorities
(IRS, states etc...) they may go back 7 years.  Also for some lawsuits
data may be required that is older than 3 years old.  We typically do
yearly backups with "infinite" retention here of our Production
database.

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From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Paul
Keating
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:07 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Data retentions

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Looks good to me Greg...Better than what I have to deal with.

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one caveat I would mention is to make sure that your 3 year retention
has a 6 month aggregation for SLA, and your 1 year retention has 2 month
aggregation.

ie, if one of the quarterly image tapes is bad, your SLA permits you to
go 3 months forward or backward to get the restore done.

You don't want your SLA hanging on a single media cartridge.

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Paul

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        -----Original Message-----
        From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Hindle,
Greg
        Sent: May 17, 2006 8:38 AM
        To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
        Subject: [Veritas-bu] Data retentions

        With all this talk about retentions, full vs. differentials vs.
cumulative. Most of our policy's here get daily differentials which are
kept for 2 weeks, weekly fulls which are kept for 1 month. Some of our
servers get a monthly full which is kept for a year and our Sox servers
get a quarterly full which is kept for 3 years. Does anyone see any
problems with this setup? We are just about ready to start a policy
condensing project where we will use policy's based on data retentions
and hopefully cut the number of policy's we have by 70%. But we are also
revisiting how long we keep data as well. Suggestions / Thoughts?

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        Greg=20

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dnavy face=3DArial><span =
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don&#8217;t
forget for taxing authorities (IRS, states etc&#8230;) they may go back =
7 years.&nbsp;
Also for some lawsuits data may be required that is older than 3 years =
old.&nbsp; We
typically do yearly backups with &#8220;infinite&#8221; retention here =
of our Production
database.</span></font></p>

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veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] <b><span =
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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, May 17, =
2006
10:07 AM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [Veritas-bu] =
Data
retentions</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dmaroon face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>Looks good to me Greg...Better =
than what
I have to deal with.</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dmaroon face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>one caveat I would mention is to =
make
sure that your 3 year retention has a 6 month aggregation for SLA, and =
your 1
year retention has 2 month aggregation.</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dmaroon face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>ie, if one of the quarterly image =
tapes
is bad,&nbsp;your SLA permits you to&nbsp;go 3 months forward or =
backward to
get the restore done.</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dmaroon face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon'>You don't want your SLA hanging =
on a
single media cartridge.</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D2 color=3Dmaroon face=3DArial><span =
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<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Hindle, Greg<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> May 17, 2006 8:38 =
AM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Veritas-bu] =
Data
retentions</span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><!-- Converted from =
text/rtf format -->With
all this talk about retentions, full vs. differentials vs. cumulative. =
Most of
our policy's here get daily differentials which are kept for 2 weeks, =
weekly
fulls which are kept for 1 month. Some of our servers get a monthly full =
which
is kept for a year and our Sox servers get a quarterly full which is =
kept for 3
years. Does anyone see any problems with this setup? We are just about =
ready to
start a policy condensing project where we will use policy's based on =
data
retentions and hopefully cut the number of policy's we have by 70%. But =
we are
also revisiting how long we keep data as well. Suggestions / =
Thoughts?</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p>

<p><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Greg</span></font>
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