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. |
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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 displays.
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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 displays.
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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.
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.
If you want to relocate recovery points for a specific protected machine from a primary DVM repository to a tiering repository, the tiering repository must already exist. To define a tiering repository, see the topic Creating a tiering repository.
Starting with AppAssure version 5.4.1, Rapid Recovery includes the ability to set disparate retention policies between a protected machine on the source Core and the corresponding replicated machine on the target Core.
NOTE: The following applies to environments upgrading from AppAssure release 5.3.x to release 5.4.1 or any version of Rapid Recovery Core. If you want to customize a retention policy for any replicated machine, first upgrade the source and target Cores to AppAssure Core release 5.4.1, and then perform the Checking Repository job on each repository in that target Core. Completing this job is likely to take a substantial amount of time, based on the size of your repository and the underlying storage system. For background information about this job, see About checking the integrity of DVM repositories. For information on how to perform this job, see Performing an integrity check on a DVM repository. |
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From the Machines menu of the Rapid Recovery Core Console, click the name of the machine that you want to modify. |
The Summary page for the selected machine displays.
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The Settings page displays, showing configuration settings for the selected machine.
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Optionally, click the Nightly Jobs link to scroll down in the Settings page to view nightly jobs settings. |
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The Nightly Jobs dialog box displays.
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To specify the time intervals for retaining the backup data as needed, select Rollup and then click Settings. |
The Configuration dialog box for the retention policy displays.
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To use the default retention policy for this protected machine, select Use Core default retention policy, and then click Save. The default policy is applied to this protected machine. |
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To define a custom retention policy for this agent, select Use custom retention policy, and then continue with the next step. |
Keep all recovery points for n [retention time period]… |
Specifies the primary retention period for all recovery points saved to the repository. |
…and then keep one recovery point per hour for n [retention time period] |
If you do not want to save at least one recovery point hourly, clear this option. |
…and then keep one recovery point per day for n [retention time period] |
If you do not want to save at least one recovery point daily, clear this option. |
…and then keep one recovery point per week for n [retention time period] |
If you do not want to save at least one recovery point weekly, clear this option. |
…and then keep one recovery point per month for n [retention time period] |
If you do not want to save at least one recovery point monthly, clear this option. |
…and then keep one recovery point per year for n [retention time period] |
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, 3 months old.
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If you want to relocate recovery points from your primary DVM repository to a secondary tiering repository stored on a Quest DR series backup appliance, do the following: |
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From the Select a repository drop-down menu, select the tiering repository to which you want to relocate all recovery points for the specified machine. |
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From the Protected Machines menu of the Rapid Recovery Core Console, click the name of a specific protected machine. |
The Summary page for the selection machine appears.
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Click the More drop-down menu at the top of the protected machine view, and then select Retention Policy. |
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