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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2006
Avishai Haim Hochberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AR (US);
Howard Newton Martin, Vail, AR (US);
Donald Paul Warren, Jr., Tucson, AR (US);
Mark Alan Haye, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alan L. Stuart, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Avishai Haim Hochberg, San Jose, CA (US);
Toby Lyn Marek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
David Maxwell Cannon, Tucson, AR (US);
Howard Newton Martin, Vail, AR (US);
Donald Paul Warren, Jr., Tucson, AR (US);
Mark Alan Haye, Tucson, AZ (US);
Alan L. Stuart, Scarsdale, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for managing retention of stored objects, comprising: receiving a modification request with respect to an attribute or archive policy for an object; determining whether an attribute modification protection flag or setting is set in response to the modification request requesting to modify the attribute for the object; allowing the modification of the attribute object in response to determining that the attribute modification protection flag or setting is not set; determining whether a protection retention mechanism or setting is set in response to the modification request requesting to modify the archive policy for the object; and allowing the modification of the archive policy for the object in response to determining that the protection retention mechanism or setting is not set.