Viewing Long-Term Retention Policy
To view the long-term retention policy defined for the backup job, use the following command:
veeamconfig gfs show --jobid <job_id> |
or
veeamconfig gfs show --jobname <job_name> |
where:
- <job_id> — ID of the backup job for which you want to view the long-term retention policy.
- <job_name> — name of the backup job for which you want to view the long-term retention policy.
Veeam Agent for Linux displays the following information about the backup job long-term retention policy:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
GFS state | State of long-term retention policy. Possible values:
|
Enabled | Possible values: true or false. |
Desired time | Weekday, week number or month when Veeam Agent will set the GFS flag on the full restore point. |
Keep for | Period of time for retaining the GFS flag on the full restore point. |
The information listed in the table above is displayed for weekly, monthly and yearly retention policies.
For example:
user@srv01:~$ veeamconfig gfs show --jobid 4849a3ae-1935-4969-98a3-d8acd2f6c73f |