What happens to last restore point if retention period is reached

[Tentacle2011101]

Hi,

Anyone know what happens with the newest version of VDP if backups

can't be made for one reason or other and retention period is reached

and backup is still active and scheduled.

First version of VDP did just remove all backups and there was no

errors anywhere. Just backups were suddenly gone.

Does VDP remove last good backup when retention period is reached

or does it still keep one restore point?

[snekkalapudi]

You can override the retention for a specific restore point by locking it from the restore tab. Just select the restore point and select 'lock'.

[Tentacle2011101]

This seems a bit manual work if you need to just save at least one

good restore point and retention is just few days.

I think VDR didn't erase last restore point if backup was still active

but retention was reached and no new backups have been made.

We're backing up few virtual machines once a week and one

restore point for these would be enough. This way if backups

haven't been working for more than week all backups are gone..

Good to know though, thanks!

[GSparks]

If you have a single restore point and it exceeds its retention cycle, it will be marked to be removed during garbage collection.

It may not be removed off the system in the very next pass, but it will ultimately be removed.

The previously mentioned workaround will allow for you to keep the restore point from being removed.