This section describes how to manage aging snapshot data saved to your repository. It includes information about retaining recovery points in your repository, retention policies, and the resulting process of rolling up recovery points to conserve space. It describes the new ability to relocate recovery points from your repository to a Quest DR backup and deduplication appliance.
As of Rapid Recovery release 6.1.1, you can also relocate recovery points from your primary repository to an R3 repository on a Quest DR backup and deduplication appliance. This frees up storage in your primary repository.
To tier recovery points to secondary storage using this method, you must first add the DR appliance as a repository on your Rapid Recovery Core. For more information on creating a new R3 repository on a DR, see Creating an R3 repository.
The Core comes preset with a default retention policy. The default policy retains:
For any machine, you can also create a custom retention policy. Setting the policy at the machine level lets you specify a different retention policy than the default Core policy. For more information about configuring retention policies, see Configuring Core default retention policy settings and Customizing retention policy settings for a protected machine.
Different retention settings can be configured for source and target Cores.
NOTE: This topic is specific to customizing retention policy settings on the Rapid Recovery Core. When you save customized retention policy settings on the Core, you establish the default retention policy settings which can be applied to all machines protected by this Core. For more information on customizing retention policy settings for individual protected machines, see Customizing retention policy settings for a protected machine. |
NOTE: You must first associate the DR backup appliance with your Rapid Recovery Core. For more information, see XX. |
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Scroll down on the right side of the Settings page until you can see the Nightly Jobs heading. |
The Nightly Jobs core settings appear.
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The Nightly Jobs dialog box appears.
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To specify the time intervals for retaining the backup data as needed, in the Nightly Jobs pane, select Rollup, and then click Settings. |
The Configuration dialog box for the Core default retention policy appears.
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To restore Core retention policy settings to the default values at any time, at the bottom of the Configuration dialog box, click Restore Defaults and then click Yes to confirm. |
All settings are restored to the default values described in the table in Step 6.
The retention policy options are described in the following table.
The oldest recovery point is determined by the retention policy settings.
The following is an example of how the retention period is calculated.
Keep all recovery points for three days.
…and then keep one recovery point per hour for three days
…and then keep one recovery point per day for four days
…and then keep one recovery point per week for three weeks
…and then keep one recovery point per month for two months
…and then keep one recovery point per month for one year
In this example, the oldest recovery point would be one year and three months old.
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If you want to retain all recovery points in your primary repository, select the Relocate outdated recovery points to an R3 repository option and skip the next step. |
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From the Select a repository drop-down menu, select the R3 repository to which you want to tier the specified recovery points. |
The Configuration dialog box closes.
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The Nightly Jobs dialog box closes. The retention policy you defined is applied during the nightly rollup.
You can also to apply these settings when specifying the retention policy for any individual protected machine. For more information about setting retention policies for a protected machine, see Customizing retention policy settings for a protected machine.
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