This is an archive version of the document. To get the most up-to-date information, see the current version.Simple Retention Policy
A simple retention policy scheme is intended for short-time archiving. When you specify retention policy settings for a simple scheme, you define how many restore points you want to retain in the target backup repository.
With the simple retention policy scheme, Veeam Backup & Replication creates a forever forward incremental chain. In this chain, restore points subsequently follow one another. The first restore point in the chain is always a full backup (also known as a recent full backup). All other restore points in the chain are incremental backups.
By default, Veeam Backup & Replication keeps 7 restore points in the target backup repository.
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The minimum number of restore points that you can keep with the simple retention policy scheme is 2. |
To maintain the desired number of restore points in the backup chain, Veeam Backup & Replication uses the forever forward incremental scheme. For details on how the forever forward incremental retention policy works, see Forever Forward Incremental Backup Retention Policy.