Data Aging of Disaster Recovery Data

By default, the disaster recovery backup data is retained for 15 days and 15 cycles. If you want to change the retention time for disaster recovery backup data, we recommend you to keep the default setting as the minimum and configure extended retention rules defined as follows:

• Weekly = 90 days

• Monthly = 180 days

To modify the data aging settings for disaster recovery data:

1. From the CommCell Browser, expand Policies | Storage Policies | CommServeDR(CommServeName).

2. Right-click the storage policy copy associated with disaster recovery backups, and then click Properties.

3. In the Copy Properties dialog box, click the Retention tab, and ensure the following:

   • The Basic Retention Rule is set to 15 Days and 15 Cycles

   • The first Extended Retention Rule is set to 90 Days Total and Keep Weekly Full

   • The second Extended Retention Rule is set to 180 Days Total and Keep Monthly Full

4. Click OK.