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Change the number of backups to retain

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To review or edit the backup retention setting, follow these steps:

 

1.  From the Start menu, select All Programs | Administrative Tools | Task Scheduler.

2.  In the left pane, select Task Scheduler Library.  Then, in the middle pane, select the VMS Backup entry.

 

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3.  In the right-most pane, near the bottom, click on Properties.

 

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4.  On the VMS Backup Properties dialog, select the Actions tab.  Double-click on the entry in the table, or select it and then click Edit.

 

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5.To change the retention value, edit the Add arguments box, highlighted in the dialog below.  Change the default value of 10 at the end of that entry to your desired value.  The minimum value allowed is 2.  For example, if you want to keep only the last 5 backups, change the entry to -backup -maxfiles 5

 

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6.  Click OK to save your changes and close the Edit Action dialog.

7.  Click OK again to close the VMS Backup Properties dialog.

8.  Select File | Exit to close the Task Manager.