If you need to keep all your backups, select this option In the new backup format, the following options are available for regular retention policy: The retention policy for the backup plan is configured on the Retention Policy step of the backup plan wizard. As a new full backup is executed, a new generation is started. In the new backup format, the retention policy is applied to generations except the current one.Įach generation is a sequence of full and incremental backups. This configuration defines the following principles of data management:
This chapter covers the following topics:Ī retention policy is a configuration of backup data keeping rules.
