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Description of backup schedule classes

The NetApp Management Console data protection capability provides four classes of backup schedules (Hourly, Daily, Weekly, and Monthly), that you can configure. For each class you can specify different minimum retention durations when you assign a backup schedule to your primary data storage or a backup connection.

Although the backup schedule classes are named "Hourly," "Daily," "Weekly," and "Monthly," they are named for convenience and are not restricted to those time increments.

Hourly backups
Backup copies are retained in the target storage for at least the duration that you specify for the Backup Retention Duration: Hourly parameter of the primary node or backup node of the protection policy.

Common retention durations for backup copies in this schedule class are for short durations of a day or two if you are also maintaining daily, weekly, or monthly backups of this data for longer durations.

Daily backups
Backup copies are retained in the target storage for at least the duration that you specify for the Backup Retention Duration: Daily parameter of the primary node or backup node of the protection policy.

Common retention durations for backup copies in this schedule class are from five days to several weeks.

Weekly backups

Backup copies are retained in the target storage for at least the duration that you specify for the Backup Retention Duration: Weekly parameter of the primary node or backup node of the protection policy.

Common retention durations for backup copies in this schedule class are from one month to several months.

Monthly backups

Backup copies are retained in the target storage for at least the duration that you specify for the Backup Retention Duration: Monthly parameter of the primary node or backup node of the protection policy.

Common retention durations for backup copies in this schedule class are from five months to several years.