Retention types for storage lifecycle policy operations

The Retention type for an operation in a storage lifecycle policy determines how long the data is kept on that storage media.

Note:

You can set the Retention types for storage lifecycle policy operations from the NetBackup web UI.

Table: Operation and retention type configurations

Retention type	Backup operation	Snapshot operation	Replication operation	Backup from snapshot operation	Duplication operation
Fixed	Valid	Valid	Valid	Valid	Valid
Expire after copy	Valid	Valid	Valid	Valid	Valid
Maximum Snapshot limit	Invalid	Valid; SLP honors the policy setting.	Invalid	Invalid	Invalid
Target retention	Invalid	Invalid	Valid if the first operation in the SLP is an Import and if the storage is of the backup type.	Invalid	Valid if the first operation in the SLP is an Import.

Note:

Retention is not associated with the Index form Snapshot operation because the operation does not create any copy.