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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section IV. Configuring storage lifecycle policies (SLPs)
  4. Retention types for SLP operations
  5. Target retention type for SLP operations
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Target retention type for SLP operations

This setting is used in Auto Image Replication in an Import storage lifecycle policy. Every Import SLP must have at least one operation with a Target retention.

The Target retention is enforced at the target domain, but the actual retention for the data is specified by the administrator at the source domain.

Target retention indicates that the data at the target master shall use the expiration date that was imported with the image. The date is fixed because the copy must have a fixed retention.

Similar to the Fixed retention, an image copy with a Target retention 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.

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