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Junz's avatar
Junz
Level 3
6 years ago

Backup retention period questions

I have a question regarding the backup retention period and restoration. Before i go to my question, please help me to elaborate the scenario that i give below. Let's say my daily incremental backup ...
  • Genericus's avatar
    Genericus
    6 years ago

    I highly recommend that every backup admin create a retention document that lists out what you backup, how often, and how long it is kept. This will be all you need to provide for security audits. This is your CYA when someone asks for a restore out of bounds.   So many times I have simply forwarded my doc when requested how longs backups are kept.

    Of course, you also need to update it and ensure it is accurate. 

    It is also leverage to get the customer groups to generate theirs as well...