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Retention Policy for Archived Backups

The forever forward incremental backup method is not implemented for DB instances — during every archive backup session Veeam Backup for AWS creates a full backup in the archive backup chain. If Veeam Backup for AWS detects an outdated restore point in an archive repository, it removes this restore point from the archive backup chain.