By default, all data is retained indefinitely in a store. A store expiration task lets you set the number of days that data is retained in a store and how often to expire the data. Only one store expiration task is allowed per store.


Once the task is created, you can edit the retention settings from the store Properties action. To change the retention settings, select the store in the Stores folder of the Archive Manager tree console, then click the Properties action to open the Properties page. Click the Expiration tab to edit the expiration settings.


The expiration process looks at each archive within the store to determine what is eligible for expiration and moves those point-in-time catalogs (restore points) to the store Recycle Bin. The expired restore points are no longer exposed, but their data is still in the store.


Note: As a safety precaution, the most recent ten restore points in an Archive will not expire even though they may meet the expiration criteria. You can change this setting from the Edit Settings action, but the minimum value allowed is one. To remove all restore points from an archive, you must delete the archive.


Expired items can be removed (purged) from the recycle bin with a Store Purge task.


To create a store expiration task, select the store from the Stores folder in the Archive Manager console tree, then click Create Store Task from the Actions pane. Choose Create Store Expiration Task on the Create Store Task screen, then enter a meaningful name for the expiration task. Next, optionally set up a schedule for automatically running the task. Note: Regardless of schedule, you can always run the task manually at any time. Finally, review the task settings, then click Finish to create the task and exit the Create Store Expiration Task wizard. If you have not entered account information on the User Account tab of Archive Manager Properties, you will be prompted for the password of the account specified to run the plan.