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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2003
Avishai Haim Hochberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Howard Newton Martin, Tucson, AZ (US);
Donald Paul Warren, Jr., Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark Alan Haye, Tucson, AZ (US);
Avishai Haim Hochberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AZ (US);
Howard Newton Martin, Tucson, AZ (US);
Donald Paul Warren, Jr., Tucson, AZ (US);
Mark Alan Haye, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a method, system, and program for managing retention of stored objects. A modification request is received with respect to a stored object. A determination is made as to whether a retention protection mechanism is set and a storage policy associated with the stored object is processed to determine whether the stored object has expired according to the storage policy in response to determining that the retention protection mechanism is set. The modification request is allowed to proceed in response to determining that the stored object has expired.