Applies to:
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Oracle
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Oracle RAC
The CommCell data aging feature ages and deletes backups according to user-defined rules.
Users can also delete the backups using RMAN Command Line scripts before the data aging rules take effect.
You can prevent RMAN Command Line scripts from deleting the Commvault backups.
Note
For new installs, this value is set to 1 (prevent the RMAN scripts from deleting the backups).
For an upgraded CommServe server, this value is set to 0 (Allow the RMAN scripts to delete the backups).
Procedure
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Set the Disable RMAN External Pruning Data Aging Media Management parameter to one of the following values. For information on how to set the parameter, see Media Management Configuration: Data Aging.
Option
Value
Prevent the RMAN scripts from deleting the backups
1
Allow the RMAN scripts to delete the backups
0