What is a Data Retention policy?
A Data retention policy is required for scheduling a replication for a server. The policy schedule can be one-time or recurring, and the start time of the policy must be specified. The policy properties carry information about how many recovery points to keep in the disk safe In details, The Dat ...
- Accessing your policy list
To access the "Policies" Window via Backup Manager interface, Click on "Policy" as shown below. The policy list appears on the right side of the screen. The top part of the screen shows the list of policies you have created. The bottom part of the screen shows the policy detail after you click ...
- Adding a new backup policy
To create a retention policy, select "Policy" from the main menu(1), then select "Create New Policy"(2). "Create New Policy" Window will open that contains the following tabs: Policy Settings Data Retention File Excludes Advanced Excludes SQL Server Exchange MySQL Advanced Policy Settings ...
- Changing your backup policy
To change your data retention policy, firstly select "Policy" in the main menu. On the right side of the screen is the Policy List. Locate the policy which you would like to change, followed by click on the icon indicated in the following. Detail for changing the policy is similar to Adding a ...
- Disabling a backup policy
You may disable a backup policy from running at its schedule time. This same process also applies to enabling a backcup policy. To begin, click "Policy" in the main menu. In the Policy list on the right side of the screen, click on the red dot icon for the policy you would like to disable. NOTE ...
- Excluding files and folders
Excluding files/folders means ignoring the selected files/folders during replication. By default, all file(s)/folder(s) located on your server are replicated. You may follow the instructions below to select file(s) and folder(s) not to be replicated by the Policy. 1. In the "Create New Policy" o ...
- Running a backup policy manually
To run a backup policy manually, firstly select "Policy" in the main menu. On the right side of the screen is the Policy list. you may click on the blue arrow icon as shown in the following.
- Deleting a backup policy
Deleting a data retention policy will permanently remove the Policy and all its historical task information. Undoing this operation is not possible. To remove a policy, select "Policy" from the main menu. In the Policy list, find the policy you need to remove, and click on the "Delete" icon as ...
