Cleanup

Cleanup is an operation that deletes outdated backups according to the retention rules.

Supported locations

Cleanup plans support all backup locations, except for NFS folders and Secure Zone.

To create a new cleanup plan

1. Click Plans > Cleanup.

2. Click Create plan.

   The software displays a new plan template.

3. To modify the plan name, click the default name.

4. Click Agent, and then select the agent that will perform the cleanup.

   You can select any agent that has access to the backup location.

5. Click Items to clean up, and then select the backups which this plan will clean up.

   You can switch between selecting backups and selecting entire locations by using the Locations / Backups switch in the top-right corner.

   If the selected backups are encrypted, all of them must use the same encryption password. For backups that use different encryption passwords, create separate plans.

6. Click Schedule, and then change the schedule.

7. Click Retention rules, and then specify the retention rules, as described in Retention rules.

8. If the backups selected in Items to clean up are encrypted, enable the Backup password switch, and then provide the encryption password. Otherwise, skip this step.

9. To modify the plan options, click the gear icon.

10. Click Create.