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The outdated backup will be kept until all backups that depend on it also become outdated.
Then, all the chain will be deleted at once during the regular cleanup. If you chose moving
outdated backups to the next location, the backup will be copied there without delay. Only its
deletion from the current location is postponed.
This mode helps to avoid the potentially time-consuming consolidation but requires extra space
for storing backups whose deletion is postponed. The archive size and/or the backup age or
number can exceed the values you specify.
Consolidate these backups
The software will consolidate the backup that is subject to deletion or movement, with the next
dependent backup. For example, the retention rules require to delete a full backup but to retain
the next incremental one. The backups will be combined into a single full backup which will be
dated with the incremental backup date. When an incremental or differential backup from the
middle of the chain is deleted, the resulting backup type will be incremental.
This mode ensures that after each cleanup the archive size and the age or number of backups are
within the bounds you specify. The consolidation, however, may take a lot of time and system
resources. You still need some extra space in the vault for temporary files created during
consolidation.
What you need to know about consolidation
Please be aware that consolidation is just a method of deletion but not an alternative to deletion.
The resulting backup will not contain data that was present in the deleted backup and was
absent from the retained incremental or differential backup.
4.5.5 Replication/cleanup inactivity time
This option is effective only if you set up replication or retention rules (p. 84) for the backups.
This option defines a time period when starting replication or applying retention rules is not allowed.
The operations will be performed when the inactivity time ends, if the machine is powered on at that
moment. The operations that had started before the inactivity time began continue without
interruption.
The inactivity time affects all locations, including the primary one.
The preset is: Disabled.
To specify the inactivity time, select the Do not start replication/cleanup within the following time
check box, and then select the days and the time period during the day.
Usage example
You may want to use this option to separate the backup process from replication or cleanup. For
example, suppose that you back up machines locally during the day and replicate the backups to a
network folder. Make the inactivity time contain the working hours. Replication will be performed
after the working hours, when network load is lower.
4.5.6 Usage examples
This section provides examples of how you can replicate backups and set up retention rules for them.
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