Set Retention Parameters

LiveVault Service lets you determine how long your files are retained after being backed up for each policy.

To configure backup retention

  1. In the Backup Configuration page, select the Options tab.

  2. From the Selected backup policy list, select the backup policy whose retention period you want to set.

  3. From the Retention policy list, select the length of time you want  LiveVault to retain the backed-up files.

  4. Click Next.

    The Backup Confirmation page opens.

  5. Review the configuration for the policy.

  6. Click Done.

Choosing the correct retention time

Note Retention times are not additive. The retention you set for the largest increment determines the outer time limit of your retention.

For example, if your retentions were set as below to a retention of 1 year:

Continuous Backups: 96
Six Hour: 7 Days
Daily: 31 Days
Monthly: 24 Months
Quarterly: 4 Quarters

You will have an overall retention of 1 year, because the quarterly retention is the largest increment set, even though the monthly retention specifies a longer time.

If your retentions were set as below to a retention of 60 days:

Continuous Backups: 96
Six Hour: 7 Days
Daily: 90 Days
Monthly: 2 Months

Your retention time would be two months, because the monthly retention is the largest increment set, even though the Daily retention specifies a longer time.

Retention Count

Retention count refers to the number of end-of-period backups that should be retained for each period.

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