Avamar: Backup fails with error: Error 7922: Invalid expires input value expires=VALUE

Summary: This article discusses and Avamar backup failure with error 7922: Invalid expires input value expires=VALUE.

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Symptoms

A backup fails with error:
Error <7922>: Invalid expires input value (expires=<VALUE>)
 
For example:
Invalid expires input value (expires=1397523600)
 
Error in the backup log:
2014-04-14 21:00:28 avtar Info <5900>: Workorder received (truncated):
<snapup pid="Exchange VSS Writer 2007" type="work" ack="false" time="1397523600" msgver="5" pidnum="3018" work="backup" ticket="XXX" key="3018-Exchange VSS Writer 2007-Public_DB-Public_Folder_DB-1397523600055#1" sync="bg" cid="c57f08b4d71dfb272afa6cda504bd3a1c633c62c" sessionid="ecf7f1ecea3b3619a86cf3c395bcb4da7edd8ec2"
 
The Backup is tagged as expired right away:
<flag type="string" value="1397523600" name="expire" />
 
The error is:
2014-04-14 21:00:28 avtar Error <7922>: Invalid expires input value (expires=1397523600) 
2014-04-14 21:00:29 avexvss Error <13066>: Failed to process backup workorder.
2014-04-14 21:00:30 avexvss Error <13077>: Unable to complete backup.

Cause

Advanced Retention Policy has been set up with Days = "0"

When the backup starts the timestamp is created, since there is a policy with 'keep dailies for' = 0, it immediately marks the backup as expired and does not proceed further. 

 

Resolution

Correct the Advanced Retention Policy settings for 'keep dailies for' =  nonzero (for example 14 days, as per Avamar Best Practice.)

Affected Products

Avamar
Article Properties
Article Number: 000039317
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 18 Mar 2026
Version:  6
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