All have had very good advice.  I would also take one step back to see the 
bigger picture.  How sure are you that the backup tapes are not currently 
the record archive strategy?  If the records do not exist elsewhere, and 
need to be retained past the 30-60 days some have recommended, then a 
sound record archive strategy needs to be developed and implemented BEFORE 
all the old backup tapes are blown away.  

I absolutely agree that backup tapes should be used solely for disaster 
recovery and limited to very short retention periods.  But don't assume IT 
or management uses it just for that purpose, e.g. the fat-fingering the 
delete key that was mentioned.

Gretta Thorson
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These views are derived from my personal experience and opinion and are 
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