Backup schedule and recovery point retention policy

{info:title=Note}The lowest possible backup frequency for all the Disk Safes assigned to a Volume is defined in Volume properties (Volume properties window !arrow.gif! "Limits" tab !arrow.gif! "Options" section !arrow.gif! "Backup limit" option).
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Starting with SBM 6 the policy is part of the disk safe, or  the policy is now integral to the backup.   This change provides for easy backup manager recovery including all backup settings simply by restoring an offsite copy of the disk safe or importing the volume to a new backup manager.
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Follow the instructions below to edit a backup policy.


1. From the Protected Machines screen, select Edit Policy on the actions for the desired protected machine(Open Policy is view only). !EditPolicy.PNG|border=1,width=829,height=500!

So in our example above we will keep

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* the last 12 hourly backups
* the last backup of the last 7 days(last backup to complete before midnight)
* the last backup of the last day of the week(Saturday) for the previous 4 weeks
* the last backup of the last day of the month for the previous 12 months.
* the last backup of the last day of the previous year 

4. In the Archive section you can set the schedule for the offsite archive.   The retention options are one less granular than the backup schedule and the archive task is triggered when the setting matches with the last backup.  


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