Revision Control options for DLO backup selections

For each backup selection, you can specify the following settings:

  • The number of revisions that are retained in the desktop and network user data folders.

  • The amount of time between revisions.

See Adding a DLO backup selection to a profile.

Table: Revision Control options for DLO backup selections

Item

Description

Keep x revisions in the desktop user data folder

Indicates the number of revisions to keep in the desktop user data folder for each file in the backup selection.

When Outlook PST files or Lotus Notes NSF files are backed up incrementally, only one revision is maintained regardless of the number of revisions that are set in the backup selection.

Limit to

Limits the number of revisions that are retained in a given amount of time.

You can specify the following:

  • The number of versions to retain.

  • The time period during which you want to retain the versions.

  • The minimum amount of time that must elapse between backups in this backup selection.

The oldest revision is deleted when a new revision is created that exceeds one of these limits.

Keep x revisions in the network user data folder

Indicates the number of revisions to keep in the network user data folder for each file in the backup selection.

Limit to

Limits the number of revisions that are retained in a given amount of time.

You can specify the following:

  • The number of versions to retain.

  • The time period during which you want to retain the versions.

  • The minimum amount of time that must elapse between backups in this backup selection.

The oldest revision is deleted when a new revision is created that exceeds one of these limits.

Discard all revisions in the desktop user data folder older than

Indicates the number of days after which all revisions in the desktop user data folder are deleted.

The most recent revision is not discarded.

Discard all revisions in the network user data folder older than

Indicates the number of days after which all revisions in the network user data folder are deleted.

The most recent revision is not discarded.

Revision Control options for DLO backup selections