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Backups not clearing out after 30 days
What might I be doing wrong to cause the backups to not auto remove after 30 days? I did a full backup on 2/21 and it's done weekly incrementals every Friday since. I've got 14 files and am running out of space...
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Re: Backups not clearing out after 30 days
Hi Chris
So it's one backup per week?
For Veeam Agent in Free or Workstation mode, the retention take into account "days with backups" and not calendar days. Keeping 30 days with only weekly backup sessions would retain backups for 30 weeks.
Best,
Fabian
So it's one backup per week?
For Veeam Agent in Free or Workstation mode, the retention take into account "days with backups" and not calendar days. Keeping 30 days with only weekly backup sessions would retain backups for 30 weeks.
Best,
Fabian
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Re: Backups not clearing out after 30 days
Oh wow. So I guess if I dial that number back to 5, that would be closer to my monthly expectation. Will it clear those older ones out after the next scheduled run?
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Re: Backups not clearing out after 30 days
You can read more about the retention in our user guide:
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agent ... tml?ver=60
If you set 5 days, then it will keep 5 of those weekly backups. It will clear them out.
Best,
Fabian
https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/agent ... tml?ver=60
If you set 5 days, then it will keep 5 of those weekly backups. It will clear them out.
Best,
Fabian
Product Management Analyst @ Veeam Software
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