This report provides historical information about restore points in Veeam Backup & Replication backup copy jobs with the Grandfather-Father-Son (GFS) retention policy.
The Summary section includes 2 charts:
- VM restore points age chart shows a share of weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly restore points.
- Top 5 Jobs with max VM restore points displays 5 jobs that have more GFS restore points.
- Next restore points to be deleted by retention table shows restore points that soon will be deleted according to the retention policy, their size, type and objects they contain. Restore points are sorted by deletion date.
The Details section displays information about Backup Copy jobs with GFS retention policy: job retention configuration, a list of existing restore points and their details. You can also view distribution of GFS restore points of all types for the current year on a calendar.
If there are restore points without jobs in your backup infrastructure, they will be listed in the Restore Points with no Jobs table on the last page of the report.
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Click a job name in the Next restore points to be deleted by retention table to go to a report page with GFS job details. |
Use Case
If you have a large backup infrastructure with a great number of restore points with GFS retention policy, you may find it difficult to trace their deletion. The report allows you track restore points with GFS retention policy that will soon be removed, see their size and a date they will be deleted.
Parameters
Scope: defines a list of Veeam Backup & Replication servers to include in the report.
Backup Copy Job: defines a list of Veeam Backup & Replication Backup Copy jobs to analyze in the report.
Sort restore points by: defines how data will be sorted in the report (Creation date, Removal date, Restore point type, Size).
