At my previous place of employment we did many special backups of Y2K related data. We did not use long retention periods for this data. We figured that if we were going to need the data we would find out soon enough. RULE of THUMB: don't keep backups for the sake of keeping backups. Instead, consider your restore requirements. Your restore requirements should dictate your backups and backup retention. For what it's worth. Jim Taylor -----Original Message----- From: PETER GRIFFIN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 8:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Who is still keeping Y2K backups and how long to you intend to keep them? It appears to me that there is a large amount of Y2K backup data being stored, not only in the TSM environment but for just about everything. My guess is prior to Y2K, the powers that be set a long retention policy based on the risk of post Y2K litigation. Gifted with hind-sight, the apocalypse never occurred and as far as I am aware litigation has not eventuated therefore the long retention of the backups possibly is not justified. I am interested in opinions and policy on the retention of this data. For the record, I would like to get rid of them now. Peter Griffin
