NetBackup™ Snapshot Manager for Data Center Administrator's Guide
- Introduction
- Installation and Upgrade
- Configure NetBackup Snapshot Manager storage array plug-ins
- Storage array replication
- Storage array plug-ins for Snapshot Manager for Data Center
- Dell EMC PowerMax and VMax array
- Dell EMC PowerFlex array
- Dell EMC PowerScale (Isilon)
- Dell EMC PowerStore SAN and NAS plug-in
- Dell EMC XtremIO SAN array
- Dell EMC Unity Array
- Fujitsu Eternus AF/DX SAN array
- HPE RMC plug-in
- HPE XP plug-in
- HPE Alletra 9000 SAN array
- Hitachi NAS array
- Hitachi SAN array
- IBM Storwize SAN V7000 plug-in
- InfiniBox SAN array
- InfiniBox NAS array
- NetApp Storage array
- NetApp E-Series array
- Nutanix Files array
- Pure Storage FlashArray SAN
- Pure Storage FlashBlade plug-in configuration notes
- PowerMax eNAS array
- Qumulo NAS array
- Configuring storage lifecycle policies for snapshots and snapshot replication
- Operation types in a storage lifecycle policy
- Retention types for storage lifecycle policy operations
- Troubleshooting
Fixed retention type for SLP operations
The Fixed retention indicates that the data on the storage is retained for the specified length of time, after which the backups or snapshots are expired.
An image copy with a Fixed retention is eligible for expiration when all of the following criteria are met:
The Fixed retention period for the copy has expired.
All child copies have been created.
All child copies that are mirror copies are eligible for expiration.
The Fixed retention period is always marked from the original backup time of the image. For example, if a tape device is down, causing a 2-day delay in creating a duplicate tape copy, the expiration time of the duplicate copy is not different due to the 2-day delay. The expiration time of the duplicate copy is still x days from the time that the original backup was completed. It does not matter when the copy was created.
If the replica copy has any dependency on its source copy, and Fixed retention type is selected for the replica copy, then whichever copy (snapshot or any replica copy) in the SLP has the highest retention level, that copy's retention level is set as the retention level for the snapshot copy and all the replica copies in the SLP.