Copy Properties (Retention)

Use this dialog box to select the retention rules by which you want to retain the data that was backed up using this storage policy.

Enable Data Aging

Allows the data from this copy to be pruned during a data aging operation as long as the retention rules of this copy have been met. If this option is not selected, the data from this copy will not be pruned and will be retained for an infinite amount of time.

If you disable data aging for this storage policy copy, the current retention rules selected will be saved; they can only be changed when data aging is re-enabled.

Enable Managed Disk Space for magnetic data

Allows the free disk space on the magnetic media of this copy to be considered before the data on the copy is aged. If there is adequate space on the media, the data will not be aged even if the defined retention rules of this copy have been met. If this option is not selected, data on the copy will be aged regardless of the available disk space. When this option is enabled, the retention criteria on magnetic mount paths is based on the parameters established in the Thresholds for Managed Disk Space section in the Mount Paths tab of the magnetic Library Properties dialog box.

Spool Copy (No Retention)

Sets the retention rule on a primary copy to 0 days and 0 cycles.

The amount of time that you want to retain the data that is backed up via this storage policy copy, and the number of full backup cycles that you want to retain the data that is backed up via this storage policy copy. Select from the following options:

• Infinite

  Retains the data for an infinite amount of time.

• Retain for

  n days

  Allows you to set the length of the retention period.

  n cycles

  Allows you to set the number of retention cycles (not applicable for agents that do not have cycles, such as DataArchiver).

The amount of time that you want to retain the data that is archived via this storage policy copy. Select from the following options:

• Infinite

  Retains the data for an infinite amount of time.

• Retain for

  n days

  Allows you to set the length of the retention period.

Extended Retention Rules for Full Backups

For Infinite or n Days Keep:

• All Fulls

  All full backups.

• Weekly Full

  The first or last full backup of every week (each week starts on Friday).

• Monthly Full

  The first or last full backup of every month (each month starts on the first of the month).

• Quarterly Full

  The first or last full backup of every quarter (each quarter starts on January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1).

• Half Yearly Full

  The first or last full backup of every half year (each half year starts January 1, and July 1).

• Yearly Full

  The first or last full backup of each year (each year starts on January 1).

Each selection must be in ascending order by the number of days and the selected rule type. The Basic Retention Rule must be set before Extended Retention Rules can be selected. Setting start times for the monthly and yearly extended rules do not have any impact on quarterly and half yearly rules.

For Weekly Full Rule the Week starts on:

Allows you to select the day of the week for which the weekly extended retention rule will start.

For Monthly Full Rule the Month starts on:

Allows you to select a particular day of the month for which the monthly extended retention rule will start. The default start time is the first of the month.

• First full backup of time period

  If selected, the first full backup of each extended retention rule will be retained.

• Last full backup of time period

  If selected, the last full backup of each extended retention rule will be retained, providing there are no remaining full backup schedules for the same subclient during that time period.

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