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Acronis 11.7 backup retention rules for tape backup, does it still work on 12.5?

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Hi all,

I would like to understand if in version 11.7 I indicated my tape backup retention policy as 1 year, after upgrading to 12.5, when I recreated a new plan to write on the same tape, does the 11.7  "1 year" backup retention policy still take effect? Will the old backup automatically clear away after 1 year or it will not?

 

Thank you.

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Hello Jason!

I don't think you can continue the backup chain if you make a new plan (i.e. make incrementals based on your full backup made with 11.7). I see no reason why retention wouldn't work though.

-- Peter

Hi Peter,

Appreciate your reply.

Perharps let me make myself clearer, In version 11.7, I have a backup plan named "planA(Tape)" which is backing up to tape "A" with a clean up retention period of 12 months.

After upgrading to 12.5, I recreated a new plan named "planB(Tape)" which is backing up to the same tape "A".

Just want to understand does the retention cleanup still applies to the backups that was done in version 11.7 under "planA(tape)"?

Because currently i'm already using version 12.5 and my old backup plan "planA(tape)" is no longer in use as i've disabled it. 

Will the data that was written to the tape in version 11.7 be stucked in the tape or will it be smart enough to remember that it had a retention period of 12 months and after which perform a clean up? 

Thank you.

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Hello Jason,

thank you for posting on Acronis forums!

Retention rules are a part of a backup plan. They stop working for a machine's backups as soon as the backup plan is revoked from the machine, or deleted, or the machine itself is deleted from the management server.

After upgrading to 12.5, I recreated a new plan named "planB(Tape)" which is backing up to the same tape "A".

Just want to understand does the retention cleanup still applies to the backups that was done in version 11.7 under "planA(tape)"?

It depends on how your clean up rules are specified: if the retention rules are specified for this archive then this cleanup task will stop working after deleting a plan. If this cleanup task were applied to the whole backup location with all archives stored there, then it will continue working even after deleting a backup plan.