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Short Description
Defines GFS retention settings for Veeam Agent backup copy jobs.
Applies to
Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Syntax
New-VBRGFSRetentionPolicy [-RestorePoints <int>] [-GFSWeeklyBackups <int>] [-GFSMonthlyBackups <int>][-GFSQuarterlyBackups <int>] [-GFSYearlyBackups <int>] [<CommonParameters>] |
Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates the VBRGFSRetentionPolicy object. This object contains GFS retention settings for Veeam Agent backup copy jobs. Veeam Backup & Replication will keep the copied restore points on the target backup repository according to these settings.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept |
RestorePoints | Specifies the number of restore points that you want to keep in the backup chain on the target backup repository. | False | Named | False |
GFSWeeklyBackups | Specifies the number of weekly backups that you want to keep on the target backup repository. | False | Named | False |
GFSMonthlyBackups | Specifies the number of monthly backups that you want to keep on the target backup repository. | False | Named | False |
GFSQuarterlyBackups | Specifies the number of quarterly backups that you want to keep on the target backup repository. | False | Named | False |
GFSYearlyBackups | Specifies the number of yearly backups that you want to keep on the target backup repository. | False | Named | False |
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.
Return Type
This cmdlet returns the VBRGFSRetentionPolicy object that contains GFS retention settings for Veeam Agent backup copy jobs.
Example
This command creates a GFS retention policy for a backup copy job with the following settings:
- The number of regular backups is set to 2.
- The number of weekly backups is set to 3.
- The number of monthly backups is set to 4.
- The number of quarterly backups is set to 5.
- The number of yearly backups is set to 9.
