Dell Avamar for Oracle 19.10 User Guide

Configuring an Avamar retention policy

1. In Avamar Administrator, select Tools > Manage Retention Policies.
   The Manage All Retention Policies window appears.
2. Click New.
   The New Retention Policy dialog box appears.
3. Type a name in the Name field for the retention policy.
   Do not use any of the following characters in the retention policy name: ~!@$^%(){}[]|,`;#\/:*?<>'"&.
4. To configure a basic retention policy, select the appropriate option from the Basic Retention Policy group box:
   • To automatically delete backups after a specific number of days, weeks, months, or years, select Retention period and specify the number of days, weeks, months, or years.
   • To automatically delete backups on a specific calendar date, select End date and browse to that date on the calendar.
   • To keep backups for as long as a client remains active, select No end date.
5. To configure advanced retention settings:
   1. Select Override basic retention policy for scheduled backups.
   2. Click Advanced.
      The Edit Advanced Retention Policy dialog box appears.
   3. Specify the maximum number of daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly backups to retain.
   4. Click OK.
      The Edit Advanced Retention Policy dialog box closes.
6. Click OK.
   The new retention policy appears in the Manage All Retention Policies dialog box.