Backup Job Wizard for File Share: Retention

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After each job run, NAKIVO Backup & Replication creates a recovery point in the backup repository for each share. A recovery point represents the backed-up share at a particular moment in time and allows you to recover individual folders or an entire share from the backup repository. You can specify the number of recovery points to retain in the backup repository using the grandfather-father-son (GFS) backup rotation scheme.

Retention Settings

Here you can set the retention settings for the backup job. Set the following options:

• Keep x last recovery points: Retains the specified number of last recovery points for each VM in the job.

• Keep one recovery point per day for x days: Retains one last recovery point per day for the specified number of days.

• Keep one recovery point per week for x weeks: Retains the last available backup of every week for the specified number of weeks.

• Keep one recovery point per month for x months: Retains the last available backup of every month for the specified number of months.

• Keep one recovery point per year for x years: Retains the last available backup of every year for the specified number of years.