what is Retained in new backup system?

[iLinux85]

Hello

i see option called retain and set number of it

what is the retain ? is how many folders backup made for daily ? for example if i set 5 in retain in daily backup so the daily backup will made 5 folders for 5 days and the 6th day he will write from beginning of the folder is that the purpose of retain backup ?

i need more explanation about this feature

Regards

 

[iLinux85]

why no one answer my question

it's simple if i set 5 in retain in daily backup , backup will create 5 folders ? each folder create every day and 6th day the backup of the first folder created will be overwritten and so on ?

 

[cPanelMichael]

Hello

Yes, you are correct in that if you choose to retain five backups, then the sixth backup replaces the oldest of the existing five backup directories.

More documentation is available here:

Backup Retention

Thank you.