From 0c9e23ceefc3c84721934c3ede1f0c8cb00c810e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nicole Rappe Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:08:24 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add Workflows/Veeam Backup & Replication/Retention Best Practices.md --- .../Retention Best Practices.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Workflows/Veeam Backup & Replication/Retention Best Practices.md diff --git a/Workflows/Veeam Backup & Replication/Retention Best Practices.md b/Workflows/Veeam Backup & Replication/Retention Best Practices.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b47688 --- /dev/null +++ b/Workflows/Veeam Backup & Replication/Retention Best Practices.md @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +**Purpose**: +This is meant as a high-level generally-speaking best practice retention policy in most use-cases. This document will generally be pretty bare-bones, but the general idea is the following advanced GFS retention period is generally configured on backup copy jobs, specifically ones that have off-site backups, but can also be used for local backup repositories. + +Navigate to Jobs > Backup (or Backup Copy) > (Find a Backup Job) > Right-Click > Edit > Storage (or Target) > "**Keep Certain Full Backups for Archival Purposes**: Checked" > Click on the "**Configure**" button + +| **Description** | **Status** | **Value** | +| :--- | :--- | :--- | +| Keep Weekly Full Backups | Enabled | 4 | +| Keep Monthly Full Backups | Enabled | 3 | +| Keep Yearly Full Backups | Enabled | 1 | + +!!! note "Assumption" + This document assumes that you at (least) keep 7 daily backups in the normal backup schedule. Meaning 7 daily, 4 weekly, 3 monthly, and 1 yearly backup is maintained at all times. \ No newline at end of file