Avamar: "Negative Age threshold values not allowed" is received when changing the cloud tier age threshold in the data movement policy

Summary: Avamar: "Negative Age threshold values not allowed" is received while changing the age threshold in the data movement policy for cloud tier in the Avamar UI.

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Symptoms

When configuring or editing a Cloud Tier Data Movement policy, changing the Age Threshold, Older value to zero results in the following:
 

Negative Age threshold values not allowed
 

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Cause

The product is working as designed:
  • This parameter cannot be changed to zero days
    • The use of zero in the context of retention or age tags would mean "no end date" and the data would never expire.

Resolution

The minimal required and supported age-threshold "Older" value for Cloud Tier is 14 days.

Change this value to 14 days or more.

Affected Products

Avamar

Products

Avamar
Article Properties
Article Number: 000044723
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 06 Oct 2025
Version:  4
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