Thanks Peter. I was keeping the question vague to get a variety of responses. Just started the initiative, but I believe there is daily incremental back ups and weekly full backups. Currently, all tapes are being held forever.
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Subject: Re: Back Up Tape Recycling Time
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 11:48 AM, Cohen, Jon <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm working on the implementation of a Disaster Recovery (Back Up) Tapes
> Policy. Does anyone have any information (standards, personal opinion,
> experience) on how long tapes should be stored until they are recycled?
>
> It really all depends upon what your backup routine is? Are you doing
daily, weekly, monthly? are you doing incrementals or full backups? what is
the rotation. How far back do you want your dailies to go? How many of your
weekly backups do you want?
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