Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Backup Browse and Retention

The retention setting for a save set determines how long the NetWorker server maintains save set entries in the media database and client file indexes. Until the retention period expires, you can recover client backup data from backup storage either by browsing the data or by recovering the entire save set.

The browse policy determines how long files are maintained in the client’s file index on the NetWorker server. During the period of the browse policy, you can browse backed up data from the NetWorker client computer, and select individual files or entire file systems for recovery. After the browse policy for a file is exceeded, the entry for that file is deleted.

Setting separate browse and retention policy for clone action might override the backup copy browse and retention value. However, for some modules, other than FS and NDMP, requires browse period to always be same as retention period. It is recommended to keep browse period same as retention for all clone copies as well for these modules.

Removing expired save sets describes how to remove save sets from backup storage after the retention period expires.