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  • 1.  Retention Policy query

    Posted Jul 24, 2013 12:22 PM


    Hi Folks,

    I would need your assistance to understand retention policy of VDP.

    Unfortunately VMware document doesn't explain it so well.

    I want to backup a VM daily and retain the backup for 14 days.

    Please correct me -I understand after 14 days, backup data will be deleted. So what happens if on 14th day I wish to restore and restore point is deleted?

    Do I have to schedule one more Job on 13th day, so that if something happens I can use 13th day backup?

    Thanks,

    Preetam



  • 2.  RE: Retention Policy query

    Broadcom Employee
    Posted Jul 24, 2013 02:26 PM

    If you define a 14-day retention policy, VDP will keep these restore points for 14 days. When a restore point becomes older than 14 days, the restore point is deleted. This is a "rolling" policy - in other words, the scheduled backup job will continue to run generating new restore points every day, but as the older restore points reach an age of more than 14 days, they are deleted.



  • 3.  RE: Retention Policy query

    Posted Jul 26, 2013 06:32 AM

    Thanks Jeff. It definitely helped.