Hi,
Looking for guidance on how to configure this backup strategy;
Daily backup; 7 restore points
Weekly copy; 4 restore points
Monthly copy; 3 restore points
Quarterly; 4 restore points
Yearly; 1 restore point.
I'm fine with the daily backup. I've set that to run every day and keep 7 restore points.
Just not sure how i set the GFS retention on the copy jobs. Do I set the copy job to run every 7 days, reduce the restore points to the minimum (2) then set restore points accordingly (Weekly - 4, Monthly - 3, Quarterly - 4, Yearly - 1)?
I'm confused by the 'restore points to keep' option and how this impacts my aim of a GFS retention policy.
Any guidance of what I should configure in the jobs would be appreciated!
Thanks,
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Re: Backup retention - GFS
Hi Chris and welcome to the community!
Your setup looks fine, but I'd recommend you to set simple retention of the copy job to 2 and interval to 24 hours (daily).
This way you will get 2 restore points by the copy job that will move through the week and produce archival copies every week, month and so on according to your GFS retention. Thanks!
Your setup looks fine, but I'd recommend you to set simple retention of the copy job to 2 and interval to 24 hours (daily).
This way you will get 2 restore points by the copy job that will move through the week and produce archival copies every week, month and so on according to your GFS retention. Thanks!
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Re: Backup retention - GFS
The main point here is that the 'restore points to keep' option does not impact the GFS retention, it is a regular backup copy job retention setting.
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