Change retaindays on backup copy jobs

[vraengmose]

Hi

I been trying to set "Remove deleted data after" in Storage/Maintenance through Powershell ("retainday") in backup jobs and backup copy jobs. And got it to work with

backup jobs:

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Asnp VeeamPSSnapin
$Jobs = Get-VBRJob | where {$_.Jobtype -eq "Backup"}
foreach ($Job in $Jobs)
{
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.backupstorageoptions.retaindays = "30"
$Options.BackupStorageOptions.EnableDeletedVmDataRetention = $True
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $Job -Options $Options
}

But when i try on backup copy jobs it dos not work

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$Jobs = Get-VBRJob | where {$_.Jobtype -eq "BackupSync"}
foreach ($Job in $Jobs)
{
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.backupstorageoptions.retaindays = "60"
$Options.BackupStorageOptions.EnableDeletedVmDataRetention = $True
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $Job -Options $Options
} 

Any ideas?

[veremin]

Check this example:

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Asnp VeeamPSSnapin
$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Name of your backup copy Job"
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.generationpolicy.EnableDeletedVmDataRetention = $True
$Options.generationpolicy.DeletedVmsDataRetentionPeriodDays = ''Desired number of days"
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $Job -Options $Options

Thanks!

[vraengmose]

It did not work on my backup copy jobs as wised.
I discovered that the function is not under storage but under target, in a backup copy job. Target>advanced>Maintenance.

Any other ideas?

[vraengmose]

NO it did work! i forgot to change the {$_.Jobtype -eq "BackupSync"}

Did all copy jobs with this:

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Asnp VeeamPSSnapin
$Jobs = Get-VBRJob | where {$_.Jobtype -eq "BackupSync"}
foreach ($Job in $Jobs)
{
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.generationpolicy.EnableDeletedVmDataRetention = $True
$Options.generationpolicy.DeletedVmsDataRetentionPeriodDays = "22"
Set-VBRJobOptions -Job $Job -Options $Options
}

Thanks for your help v.eremin!

[veremin]

You're welcome. Deleted VM retention settings should be modified differently for backup and backup copy jobs - backupstorageoptions and generationpolicy, respectively. Thanks!