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JedTheHead's avatar
JedTheHead
Level 2
7 years ago

Moving Existing NBU Jobs to SLP

Hello!  Quick question about NBU SLP: I have MANY backup jobs / policies configured for non-SLP fixed retention to disk.  I have full backups of all the data to disk storage and nightly incrementals...
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  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    7 years ago
    Only the incremental schedules will run, and therefore the only backups that will be duplicated via SLP.

    If you have different retentions for Full and Incr, remember to create different SLPs.

    Select the matching SLP in each of the schedules.
Marianne's avatar
Marianne
Level 6
Only the incremental schedules will run, and therefore the only backups that will be duplicated via SLP.

If you have different retentions for Full and Incr, remember to create different SLPs.

Select the matching SLP in each of the schedules.
JedTheHead's avatar
JedTheHead
Level 2
7 years ago

Thank you Marianne!

Could you please expand on these statements for me? 

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If you have different retentions for Full and Incr, remember to create different SLPs.
Select the matching SLP in each of the schedules.
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...especially the second one. 

Thank you!

  • Marianne's avatar
    Marianne
    Level 6
    7 years ago
    When you change the STU in a policy to SLP, you can no longer select a retention level in the schedules.
    The retention is now determined by the SLP.

    So, if you have different retentions for Full and Incr, you need to create different SLPs (e.g Inc and Full) with backup and duplication retentions.
    In the schedule, select 'override Policy STU' and then select the relevant SLP.
    • JedTheHead's avatar
      JedTheHead
      Level 2
      7 years ago

      That makes perfect sense.  Thank you!!