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1.6.1.1 Schedule and retention rules
The backup operation runs according to the schedule you specify. The resulting backups are kept
according to the retention rules and then deleted.
The scheduled time is displayed according to the time zone set on the machine from which you are
logged in to the backup service. If you schedule backups to run, say, at 07:00, they will run when your
machine clock reaches 07:00, regardless of the time zone where the vCloud infrastructure is
physically located. If you change the time zone setting on the machine, the schedule will not change,
but you will see different start time.
The following schedule types and the corresponding retention rules are available:
Hourly backup
Schedule. Select the days of week to run backups and the time interval between the backups. In
From and To, specify the beginning and the end of the period when the backups will be run.
Retention rules. Specify how long you want to retain the backups.
By default, backups will run every four hours on workdays. The backups are retained for one week.
Daily backup
Schedule. Select the days of week and the time to run backups.
Retention rules. Specify how long you want to retain the backups.
By default, the backups will run Monday through Friday at 22:00. The resulting backups will be
retained for one week.
Weekly backup
With this schedule, the backups will run once in the specified number of weeks.
Schedule
1. Select the number of weeks.
2. Select the day of week and the time to run backups.
By default, the backups will run every week at 22:00, on the day of week on which the backup plan
was created.
Retention rules
Specify how long you want to retain the backups.
By default, the backups will be retained for four weeks.
GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son)
This schedule is useful for long-term storage of backups.
With this schedule, you have a single backup for each of the recent days and for each of the recent
weeks. For earlier periods of time, you have a single backup for each month.
Schedule
1. Select the days of week and the time when to run backups.
