Metadata deletion on disposition execution

Ankur Saxena · 2025-06-12T10:51:15+00:00

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Hello All, my questions is regarding the metadata deletion on execution of disposition actions such as Destroy or Delete Electronic format. As per the understanding the Destroy operation delete the document, versions and metadata from OT database while Delete Electronic Format deletes the document but keep a skeleton of document with a metadata file of preselected metadata. My question :

Does both these operations completely delete the metadata from all OT tables for that object?
Does at the any location, table, backup the metadata remain after the disposition execution?

Thanks.

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appuq

If we forget about your current production system for a moment, how do you plan to handle any database backups, file store backups, etc? Surely in an organization employing livelink, there might be infrastructure safeguards as I mentioned?

Ankur Saxena

Yes there are safeguards employed in the landscape but this question is solely from RM perspective. if we remove backup's (both DB and Filesystem) from the question, then does this questions make more sense? The whole idea , does CS remove all metadata related to the object being disposed or not?

appuq

In that case, you might be better off getting that peace of mind from OT as a white paper or statement, as I understand they pass stringent DOD and GDPR requirements. I am not sure if you will get the satisfaction you need, but that might be a start.

Ankur Saxena

Yes, i guess. thanks @appuq.