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In case of editing your existing backup task or selecting an existing archive for the backup location,

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6.4.2 Retention rules

Next, you should define the retention rules for backup management inside the archive. The

availability of the options depends on the schedule setup in the previous step (section “When to

Backup” (p. 25)) and on the selected archive format (section “Backup type” (p. 26)). For example, the

Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) cleanup scheme will not be available for the unscheduled backup task.

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description of each retention rule.

1. Not specified

If the retention rules are not specified, then no programmed backups management will be

performed, i.e. all the backups will be stored inside the archive indefinitely.

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2. Simple cleanup scheme

The selection of the simple cleanup scheme allows you to keep a certain number of backups inside

the archive or keep the backups for a certain time period.