Create and manage default retention types

Before you can run or schedule a backup job for a computer, the computer must have at least one retention type. A retention type specifies the number of days a backup is kept on the vault and how many copies of a backup are stored online. If data archiving is available in your Portal instance, the retention type also specifies how long backup data is stored offline.

If an agent does not have a retention type when it registers to Portal, Portal applies default retention types to the computer for backups that run daily or less often. In particular, Portal applies these retention types to computers with Agent versions 8.10 and later. These Agent versions do not have retention types when they are installed.

Super users can create, change and delete default retention types for backups that run daily or less often. If the default retention types have not been changed, two default retention types are available:

• Daily (30 days online, 30 copies, no archiving). With this retention type, each backup is kept for at least 30 days and at least 30 backups with the same retention type are stored online.

• Monthly (365 days online, 11 copies, no archiving). With this retention type, each backup is kept for at least 365 days and at least 11 backups with the same retention type are stored online.

Note: In some Portal instances, the Daily and Monthly default retention types cannot be changed or deleted.

Note: If data archiving is disabled in your Portal instance, archiving values do not appear in the Portal UI.

Beginning in Portal 8.88, retention types are also available for intra-daily schedules. These retention types are applied to a computer when you create an intra-daily schedule. See Retention types for intra-daily backup schedules.