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  3. Section V. Report Reference
  4. Backup Policies Reports
  5. Avamar Retention Policy Detail

Avamar Retention Policy Detail

Detail reports are related to a specific enterprise object, such as a backup job. You can only access detail reports through a link presented in the context of a main report, providing additional information that augments the main report. Detail reports cannot be generated, customized, or saved, as they are specific to the report from which they were derived. They are not available in search results.

Explore your data center using IT Analytics customizable report templates or by using parts of your IT infrastructure as entry points. Use Search to find reports, templates and dashboards across the portal.

Use the Reports tab to examine the IT Analytics catalog of templates, dashboards and reports - organized by products along with user-created, and system folders. The main report is located here:

Backup Manager > Backup Policies > Avamar Groups

Click a Retention Policylink.

An Avamar Retention Policy dictates how long a backup will remain on an Avamar server before being automatically deleted.

Table: Avamar Retention Policy Detail

Column name

Description

Domain

The specific zone on the Avamar server; the Avamar domain to which this retention policy applies.

Retention Policy

The name of the retention policy.

Daily

Indicates how many daily backups will be retained.

Weekly

Indicates how many weekly backups will be retained.

Monthly

Indicates how many monthly backups will be retained.

Yearly

Indicates how many yearly backups will be retained.

Duration

The duration of the backup retention.

Enabled

Indicates if the retention policy is enabled.

Expiration Date

The date on which backups will be deleted from the Avamar server.

Is Link

If this is set to Yes, this retention policy refers to another retention policy.

Parent Name

The name of the parent retention policy to which this policy refers; only exists if the link is set to Yes.

Allow Override

If set to Yes, an advanced policy is used for scheduled backups.

Policy

Undefined, Compute expiration date, Static expiration date, No expiration date.

Read-only

Indicates if the retention policy can be modified.

Exists in Catalog

Indicates if this retention policy is included in the Avamar Retention Policy catalog.

Last Updated

The date and time that the data collector last collected details.

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