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Ququestion regarding adhoc backup special retention

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Hello Experts,

I am new to this tool so please forgive my ignorance here. I have one query regarding retention for adhoc backup.
how can we set retention of one year for any adhoc backup request in veeam?
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Re: Ququestion regarding adhoc backup special retention

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Hi Fahmi, do you mean VeeamZIP backups?
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Re: Ququestion regarding adhoc backup special retention

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Thanks Foggy. thats the one I was looking for
followup question, what if i need to increase retention any old backup of a specific date (say in middle of a restore points)
one way way I think of is running copy job for that restore point to tape .. correct?
to retain same on the disk...how?
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Re: Ququestion regarding adhoc backup special retention

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Once set, retention cannot be modified.

You manually copy resulting backup to separate location and remove it, when proper time comes. Thanks!
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