Add/edit Deletion policies
Before you implement the Deletion policy, consider the following points:
Deletion policy is used to permanently and irreversibly delete specific content from the Stors. However, this policy does not affect:
Items under legal hold.
Items within the WORM retention period.
Items tagged with behavior.
You should always run the policy in mode to review which all items will be deleted.
It is recommended that you consult with Cohesity Support before adding any policy.
The policies operate based on the configured policy evaluation interval within your Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection environment, which is typically set to every 15 minutes by default.
The deletion process within Cohesity Alta SaaS Protection occurs in two steps. Firstly, references to records are removed, followed by sending delete instructions to the underlying Stors. The periodic maintenance tasks clean up empty folders without any descendants.
Empty folders are cleaned by background maintenance.
Data becomes inaccessible immediately after deletion begins.
Garbage collection processes clean all copies of the deleted content.
Overwriting: Deleted storage blocks are eventually overwritten.
- Access the Administration portal.
The home page of the Administration portal is displayed.
- Click Retention.
- On the left, click Deletion policies.
- Do one of the following:
To add a new policy, click New policy.
To update existing policy, click the name of the policy.
- On the Create policy page, do the following:
Enter an appropriate name for the policy.
From the Stor list, select the Stor for which the policy has to be added.
Configure the schedule to run the Deletion policy based-on one of the following criteria:
One time: Runs once as per the policy interval settings, and then its schedule changes to Never.
Continuous: Runs as per the policy interval settings.
Date range: Lets you specify a From and To date range to run the policy.
Never: If you are not ready to run the policy or want to stop the policy from running. The one time-scheduled policies is converted to Never after its runs.
Select any of the required action modes:
Preview: Lists the items, which can be deleted with this policy.
Production: Deletes the items in the scope of the policy unless it is protected by legal hold or WORM policy.
By default, the status of the policy is disabled; it is saved but cannot run. Toggle the Status option to enable the policy. As soon as the policy is enabled, it runs as per the schedule that is set in the Schedule section.
(Optional) Configure filters to include or exclude specific locations or data from having the policy applied.
See How to add a Location filter?.
See How to add a filter?.
Click Create to add a policy.
While you editing the policy, the Update option is displayed, click it to save the changes.
The policies are displayed on the Deletion policies page, under the storage (Stor) for which you have added the policy.