Updating Basic Data Retention Rules for a Copy

The following table displays the parameters you can use with the commands.

Element

Description

Parent Element

retainBackupDataForCycles

Number of cycles to retain the data of the copy.

retentionRules

retainBackupDataForDays

Number of days to retain the data of the copy.

retentionRules

retainArchiverDataForDays

Number of days to retain the Archiver data of the copy.

retentionRules

enableDataAging

To enable or disable data aging on a storage policy copy.

Once disabled the data on the copy is retained for infinite time.

Valid values are: 1 (enable) and 0 (disable).

retentionFlags

You can set retention rules to specify the criteria for retaining backup data in a copy. Based on the type of backup and the security requirements of the organization, you can set different criteria for data retention.

Note

Do not use the Update_BasicRetention.xml file to modify the retention for SnapMirror copy.

  1. Download the Update_BasicRetention.xml file and save it on the computer from where the command will be executed.

  2. Execute the following command from the <software_installation_directory>/Base folder after substituting the parameter values.

    • To disable data aging.

      qoperation execute -afdownload location\Update_BasicRetention.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -copyName Copy1 -enableDataAging 0
    • To retain backup data for 10 cycles.

      qoperation execute -af downloaded location\Update_BasicRetention.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -retainArchiverDataForDays 5 -retainBackupDataForCycles 10 -retainBackupDataForDays 5 -copyName Copy1
    • To retain backup data for 5 days.

      qoperation execute -af downloaded location\Update_BasicRetention.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -retainArchiverDataForDays 5 -retainBackupDataForCycles 10 -retainBackupDataForDays 5 -copyName Copy1
    • To retain archiver data for 5 days.

      qoperation execute -af downloaded location\Update_BasicRetention.xml -storagePolicyName SP1 -retainArchiverDataForDays 5 -retainBackupDataForCycles 10 -retainBackupDataForDays 5 -copyName Copy1
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