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title: "Specifying Yearly Schedule"
description: "Yearly retention settings are available only if you enabled backup at the Policy Info step of the VM Backup Policy wizard. For details, see Specifying Details for Custom Policy."
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breadcrumb: "User Guide > Performing Backup > Creating VM Backup Policies > Step 5. Specify Policy Schedule > Specifying Yearly Schedule"
dateModified: "2026-11-06"
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# Specifying Yearly Schedule

::: note

Yearly retention settings are available only if you enabled backup at the **Policy Info** step of the VM Backup Policy wizard. For details, see [Specifying Details for Custom Policy](vm_policy_name_custom.md#enable_backup).

:::

To create a yearly schedule for the backup policy, at the **Schedule** step of the wizard, specify the following:

1. Turn on the **Yearly Retention** toggle to open the **Yearly schedule** window.
2. In the **Backup Settings** section, specify the following:

   1. From the **Create restore point at** drop-down list, select time when the backup policy will create VM backups.
   2. In the **Run on** field, specify a day of the month when the backup policy will create VM backups.
   3. In the **Keep backups for** field, specify the retention period to keep VM backups in years.

::: important

Your monthly invoice amount may vary depending on the backup frequency and retention settings. To avoid additional costs, adjust the backup policy settings to keep fewer restore points in the snapshot chain.

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[![Specify Yearly Retention](images/yearly_retention.png "Specify Yearly Retention")](images/yearly_retention.png){.toggle scale=60}