We also have been informed by our records retention team that we are NOT to retain data past the legal retention period, even if the application teams/business teams would like to do so. If the data exists, you would be legally obliged to provide the data in the case of a legal dispute, if its purged no issues arise.
Jerry Whitteridge Delivery Manager / Mainframe Architect GTS - Safeway Account 602 527 4871 Mobile [email protected] IBM Services IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> wrote on 10/08/2018 09:47:37 AM: > From: Jesse 1 Robinson <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 10/08/2018 09:48 AM > Subject: Re: Destination z article: Ensuring Data Storage Longevity > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> > > The distinction between backup and archive is useful. I'm not sure > that '90 day usage' is the definitive boundary--we have scheduled > year-end jobs that run only annually--but the categories make sense. > However, it's not only about the data itself. Data is a structured > mass of zeroes and ones that makes no sense at all without a means > to render it intelligible. > > Some time ago, we (IT) was asked to restore very old data needed by > the Finance department. The data was years old, but as responsible > corporate caretakers we found the tapes that contained the > information requested. The kicker: it was IMS data, and IMS had been > decommissioned here years earlier. Even if we could somehow wangle a > temporary copy of IMS, the process of installing it was daunting as > none of us had relevant experience. Moreover, there was no guarantee > that a 'modern' version of IMS would be able to untangle ancient > data formats. Finance eventually let us off the hook, but it was a > lesson that still haunts us. > > . > . > J.O.Skip Robinson > Southern California Edison Company > Electric Dragon Team Paddler > SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager > 323-715-0595 Mobile > 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW > [email protected] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected] > ] On Behalf Of Gabe Goldberg > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2018 6:11 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: (External):Destination z article: Ensuring Data Storage Longevity > > Ensuring Data Storage Longevity > > Backup and Archival Data > > Data comes in many varieties, related to why it exists and how it's > stored: active, warehouse, transactional, backup, archival and more. > I'll skip over the first three forms and focus on backup data > (briefly) and archival data (primarily). > > Because backup data recovers from human error, equipment failures > and external catastrophes, its only reason for existing is restoring > data to a recent image. Archival data may be needed for legal or > industry compliance, historical recordkeeping, merger and > acquisition due diligence, unanticipated queries/searches, or > reconstructing operational environments. Backup data can be stored > piecemeal as long as it can be completely restored. Archival data is > holistic, a complete/consistent image. For a detailed explanation of > why multiple backup copies—even cloud storage—don't constitute > archived data, see this Storage Switzerland blog: https:// > urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url? > u=https-3A__bit.ly_2DzoJrR&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=0avyVTgpzBFlo1QAgHxCtqKtRE6Ldl_1M9tI2p7Kc8E&m=n5vEqYyQJdgVV6l7F06AIBuPQxWwDhb8wjgqk1BME4Q&s=4GZQNL_blbDWP7_a94lx8obHHyNp4tOypPAes6dodQo&e= > > INVALID URI REMOVED > u=http-3A__destinationz.org_Mainframe-2DSolution_Trends_Ensuring-2DData-2DStorage-2DLongevity&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=0avyVTgpzBFlo1QAgHxCtqKtRE6Ldl_1M9tI2p7Kc8E&m=n5vEqYyQJdgVV6l7F06AIBuPQxWwDhb8wjgqk1BME4Q&s=96iPf4sjy2kN0Twtd8ec7tTUcm9cGXm3IHdp8n8leTM&e= > INVALID URI REMOVED > u=https-3A__bit.ly_2NiJVSS&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=0avyVTgpzBFlo1QAgHxCtqKtRE6Ldl_1M9tI2p7Kc8E&m=n5vEqYyQJdgVV6l7F06AIBuPQxWwDhb8wjgqk1BME4Q&s=zl7GuQO8ctdbaBqQtx93EJOERBaBsHGgBEU2aksMinY&e= > > ...for non-technical folk reading this (it's going to diverse lists) > -- your data needs backup and archiving too. And backup still isn't archive. > > -- > Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected] > 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433 > LinkedIn: INVALID URI REMOVED > u=http-3A__www.linkedin.com_in_gabegold&d=DwIGaQ&c=jf_iaSHvJObTbx- > siA1ZOg&r=0avyVTgpzBFlo1QAgHxCtqKtRE6Ldl_1M9tI2p7Kc8E&m=n5vEqYyQJdgVV6l7F06AIBuPQxWwDhb8wjgqk1BME4Q&s=OqDmH0BmTVL9r60Jckl6_jq60ERES5d8dP90xuJ2OqM&e= > Twitter: GabeG0 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
