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Retention policy "type" greyed out?

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This is probably a super obvious question, but I was just wondering why I can't change the retention policy type (item-level and snapshot-based) on a repository after the fact?

Admittedly my mistake, but I've set up my SharePoint and mailbox backups with the wrong retention policy type and need to change it to meet my organisation's needs.

Thanks,

Matt
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Re: Retention policy "type" greyed out?

Post by Mike Resseler » 1 person likes this post

Matt,

You need to start over again I'm afraid. Create a new repository with the correct retention policy. Point the job to the new one (Yes, this will be a new full backup) and keep the old repository so it gradually gets empty after the retention is over. (So you don't lose restore points, unless you don't care about older points at this moment).

We can't change it because the database schema for those two is not the same and therefore not compatible

Hope it makes sense
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Re: Retention policy "type" greyed out?

Post by mrhcarlin »

Hi Mike,

Thanks for the very quick response - perfectly explained!

I think I'll just start from scratch then because I've only run one job, so there's little chance of losing data in the time it'll take to start over.

Thanks again :)

Matt
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