Switching to seal extent 1 repository - SOBR

[pvhoait]

Hi Everyone,
Our SOBR is composed of 2 Repository: Local storage (NAS) and the second one is Object storage (Azure blob storage). Now I want to switch only Object storage (Azure blob storage) to seal extent.

Question: when i set the seal extend, the Data will be keep forever on Object storage (Azure blob), mean that after i switch to seal extent, our GFS still in place forever?

I am confused with this statement in the User guide:
"All restore points that exceed the specified retention period will be continuously removed from the sealed extents on each subsequent backup session."

Noted:
I have configured the job backup to GFS: 30 daily, 12 months, 5 years and synthetic full every Saturday.

Thanks

[Mildur]

Hello Phung

I assume you have your NAS as a performance tier extend and Azure as the capacity tier extend.

Question: when i set the seal extend, the Data will be keep forever on Object storage (Azure blob), mean that after i switch to seal extent, our GFS still in place forever?

No, data won't be kept forever when you seal an extend.
Restore points on performance and capacity tier will be removed according your retention settings.
Our background retention job will remove the GFS restore point from the performance tier and after the next offload session from the capacity tier as well. You should see it as a clean up session in your backup console.

Best,
Fabian

[pvhoait]

Hello Fabian,
yes, I am clear now.
please advise me if I change the GFS from 5 years to 10 years, what is impact with offload session?
Cheers
Phung