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# Maintenance Settings

Depending on what storage option you have selected at the [Destination](backup_job_target.md) step of the wizard, the **Maintenance** tab in the **Advanced Settings** window offers different settings:

- If you selected **Veeam backup repository** or **Veeam Cloud Connect repository** as a target for your backups, the **Maintenance** tab will display the setting that allows you to define how long the deleted backup files will be stored in the repository before they are permanently removed. For details, see [Configuring Removal of Deleted Items Data](#remove).
- If you selected **Object Storage** as a target for your backup, the **Maintenance** tab will display the setting that allows you to schedule a regular backup health check. For details, see [Scheduling Health Check](#health).

::: note

The **Maintenance** settings are not available if you have chosen **Local Storage** or **Network Share** as a backup target at the [Destination](backup_job_target.md) step of the wizard.

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## Configuring Removal of Deleted Items Data {#remove}

You can specify the number of days for which you want to keep the backup created with the backup job in the target location. If Veeam Agent does not create new restore points for the backup, the backup will remain in the target location for the period that you have specified. When this period is over, the backup will be removed from the target location.


By default, the retention period for outdated backups is 30 days. Do not set this retention period to 1 day or a similar short interval. In the opposite case, the backup job may work not as expected and remove data that you still require.

To specify the retention period for outdated backups, do the following:

1. In the **Advanced Settings** window, select the **Maintenance** tab.
2. Select the **Remove deleted items data after** check box.
3. Specify the number of days for the retention period.

[![](images/backup_job_advanced_maint_retention.png)](images/backup_job_advanced_maint_retention.png){.toggle scale=80}

## Scheduling Health Check {#health}

When you store backup files in an object storage repository, an automatic health check can help you avoid a situation when a restore point gets corrupted, making all dependent restore points corrupted, too. For more information, see [Health Check for Object Storage](backup_health_check.md).

::: note

When you schedule a health check, consider the following:

- Health check runs automatically during incremental backup job session on the days specified in the health check schedule. If the backup job runs several times on a specified day, health check is performed only with the first run of the backup job on that day.

  Health check is not performed during the first full backup or subsequent active full backup jobs.

- If Veeam Agent does not run any backup jobs on the day specified in the health check schedule, health check will be performed during the first backup job session following that day.

  For example, you may have scheduled to run health check every last day of a month, while the backup job is scheduled to run every day and create an active full backup on Sundays. If the last day of a month falls on a Sunday, health check will be performed on the following Monday with the first incremental backup job session on that day.

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To periodically perform a health check of the backup, do the following:

1. In the **Advanced Settings** window, select the **Maintenance** tab.
2. Select the **Perform backup files health check** check box.
3. Use the **Monthly** **on** or **Weekly on selected days** options to define the schedule for the health check of the backup in the repository.

[![](images/backup_job_advanced_maint.png)](images/backup_job_advanced_maint.png){.toggle scale=80}