To further clarify my inquiry, I asked because of a client who wanted to burn a DVD of all the backups and store them for the life of the program (in many cases longer than the retention period).
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From: Graham Kitchen <[log in to unmask]> 

> I agree with you Larry. This has long been a misunderstood point. A backup 
> is just that and not meant for "records storage". These tapes (or whatever 
> media you use) are intended to put you back to an instance prior to a mishap 
> and not for regular retrieval. Essentially, I would not call backup media a 
> record. 
> 

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