Disable-VBRBackgroundRetention

Short Description

Disables background retention for backups.

Applies to

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Disable-VBRBackgroundRetention  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet disables background retention for backups that starts automatically every 24 hours at 00:30.

Run the Enable-VBRBackgroundRetention cmdlet to enable background retention policy.

The Disable-VBRIndependentRetention cmdlet is an alias for the Disable-VBRBackgroundRetention cmdlet.

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

None.

Examples

Disabling Background Retention for Backups

This command disables background retention for backups.

Disable-VBRBackgroundRetention

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