Backup Data
To manager your backup data, you can get start from the Data Resilience>>Backup data page.
Backup data can be listed by object or storage. In View by storage module, you can select different storage to filter backup data stored on it. By default, the page shows backup data of all local storages.
In View by object module, you can select different object to filter backup data such as virtualization, private cloud and etc. By default, the page shows backup data of all modules. You can search backup data by name. You can also delete log information when selecting a backup data.
View Backup Data
You can manage existing backup data in this page. Select different storage nodes to view backup data, the default is all nodes. Backup data supports searching by module or task name. When searching backup data, you can select backup objects to search for. After checking the backup data information, click the [Delete] button to remove log information.
Click Details to display parameters such as backup timestamp, backup type, and data size. Click the [Options] button to configure backup data settings such WORM Protection, Retention Tags or start a restore job.
Retention Tags
The purpose of using the retention tags is to avoid the general retention policy from purging some specific backups and keep them for a longer time period.
For backup data, you can set F: forever retention tag for the full restore points (incremental restore points does not support setting retention tag). The F tag can only be manually set. To manually set retention tags, please go to Data Resilience > Backup Data page. By locating target backup data in different ways, find the restore point which you wish to set/unset retention tags and click Details button and Options button, and then select Set Retention Tag.
Check the Forever Retention Tag option and click OK to set the retention tag, once a the restore point has a forever retention tag set, it will be kept permanently until users unset the tag.
Delete Backup Data
We recommend configuring comprehensive retention policy for the backup jobs to automatically purge the out-of-date backups instead of manual deletion of the backup data. It is a highly risk operation by deleting the backup data manually. If you have to do this, please follow the below instructions.
To delete backup data, please go to Data Resilience > Backup Data page. There are two approaches to perform the deletion.
From the left side view, You can locate target backup data in different ways.Then select that and clicking on the Delete button to delete the backups, the dependent incremental or differential restore points will be deleted along with the full restore point.
From the right side table view, click on Details and select backup datas, then click Options selected full restore point will be deleted and the incremental or differential restore points will be deleted as well.
Notice 1. Enter your user password before deletion. 2. Deleted backup data is permanently removed and cannot be recovered. Proceed with caution.