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  2. Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I
  3. Section II. Configuring hosts
  4. Configuring Host Properties
  5. Retention Periods properties
  6. Retention Periods with end dates beyond 2038, excluding Infinity
Veritas NetBackup™ Administrator's Guide, Volume I

Retention Periods with end dates beyond 2038, excluding Infinity

Due to UNIX epoch time and the year 2038 problem, any retention end date that exceeds January 19, 2038 is automatically set to expire on January 19, 2038, regardless of whether the expiration end date is reached

This issue does not apply to retention levels for which the retention period is set to Infinity. NetBackup never expires media with a retention set to Infinity unless instructed to do so by the NetBackup administrator.

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