Cloud Backup file retention policy and non-updated files on hard drive
I'm on True Image 2021, which is my first cloud backup solution (but have been using Acronis for years).
If, in the cloud, without changing the defaults, 20 recent versions will be stored. So, I have the baseline full backup, followed by 20 incremental versions.
What actually happens now? In other words, if automatically the first incremental is deleted when incremental #21 is created, what happens to a file that was created as part of incremental #1, but never modified since then? Is it now gone forever from the cloud backup, or does True Image 2021 see what was in #1, see if it's still on the drive, not in any other incremental and make sure it's in the new #21 incremental (basically, does TI 2021 keep a file list as part of the "scanning" process)? Same for incremental #2, #3...?
I'm just concerned about files created as part of an incremental, that are then deleted as part of the automated cleanup process for new incrementals to be created.


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