Retention types for intra-daily backup schedules

Beginning with Windows Agent 8.90, Linux Agent 8.90, AIX Agent 9.00 and vSphere Recovery Agent (VRA) 9.11, when an agent is backing up data to a version 8.60 or later vault, you can schedule the backup job to run multiple times per day by creating an intra-daily schedule. You can create an intra-daily schedule for a Windows, Linux or AIX backup job using Portal 8.88 or later. You can create an intra-daily schedule for vSphere backup jobs beginning in Portal 9.20.

Two default retention types are available for intra-daily schedules:

• 24-Hours (1 day online, 1 copy online, no archiving). With this retention type, each backup is kept for at least 24 hours and at least one backup with this retention type is stored online.

• 48-Hours (2 days online, 1 copy online, no archiving). With this retention type, each backup is kept for at least 48 hours and at least one backup with this retention type is stored online.

These retention types can only be selected when you create an intra-daily schedule. Unlike default retention types for backups that run daily or less often, intra-daily retention types appear on a computer's Retention Types tab after you create an intra-daily schedule for the computer, not when an agent first registers to Portal.

The 24-Hours and 48-Hours retention types are the only retention types available for intra-daily schedules. You cannot create, change or delete default retention types for intra-daily schedules.