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Xen Orchestra now supports the GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) backup strategy. The XO documentation is updated to reflect this new feature and explain how to use it. Signed-off-by: Thomas Moraine <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Moraine <[email protected]>
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| - **What happens if I change my GFS retention policy?** | ||
| Excess backups will be deleted during the next job execution to match the updated retention settings. | ||
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| - **Is GFS retention applied globally or per repository?** | ||
| GFS retention is applied on a per-remote/repository basis, allowing you to manage retention independently for different storage locations. | ||
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there are two FAQ, is it intended ?
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| 4. In that section, you can define the following: | ||
| - **Daily backups** (Son): The number of daily backups to keep. | ||
| - **Weekly backups** (Father): The number of weekly backups to keep. | ||
| - **Monthly backups** (Grandfather): The number of monthly backups to keep. |
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there is also a yearly setting
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| - **Definition of a week:**\ | ||
| The "week" in GFS retention refers to a practical interval, not a strict alignment with calendar weeks. |
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the start of the week is computed with the timezone set in the schedule
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Signed-off-by: Thomas Moraine <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Moraine <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Moraine <[email protected]>
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As announced in the 5.101 release note, Xen Orchestra now supports the GFS (Grandfather-Father-Son) backup strategy.
The XO documentation is updated to reflect this new feature and explain how to use it.
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Fixes #007,See xoa-support#42,See https://...)Introduced byCHANGELOG.unreleased.mdReview process
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